Patents by Inventor Kouhei Toyotaka
Kouhei Toyotaka 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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Publication number: 20250142973Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second transistors having the same conductivity type and a circuit. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to that of the second transistor. First and third potentials are supplied to the circuit through respective wirings. A second potential and a first clock signal are supplied to the others of the sources and the drains of the first and second transistors, respectively. A second clock signal is supplied to the circuit. The third potential is higher than the second potential which is higher than the first potential. A fourth potential is equal to or higher than the third potential. The first clock signal alternates the second and fourth potentials and the second clock signal alternates the first and third potentials. The circuit controls electrical connections between gates of the first and second transistors and the wirings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2025Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Jun KOYAMA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
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Patent number: 12276889Abstract: A display device including a circuit suitable for controlling a liquid crystal element is provided. The display device includes two memories in one pixel and a plurality of pixels arranged in the horizontal and vertical directions share a gate line. The display device includes a liquid crystal element and by writing charges to different polarity capacitors, power consumption in an inversion operation can be reduced. Furthermore, a liquid crystal element with a high threshold voltage can be suitably used and a wide range of voltages can be applied without impairing grayscale display characteristics in the display device. Furthermore, a voltage higher than or equal to an output voltage of a source driver can be applied to the liquid crystal element.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Tetsuji Ishitani, Kouhei Toyotaka, Koji Kusunoki, Daisuke Kubota, Akio Yamashita
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Publication number: 20250104621Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first functional layer, and a second functional layer. The display region includes a pixel, and the pixel includes a display element and a pixel circuit. The first functional layer includes the pixel circuit, a scan line, and a first connection portion. The display element is electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and the pixel circuit is electrically connected to the scan line. The second functional layer includes a region overlapping with the first functional layer, the second functional layer includes a driver circuit and a wiring, and the driver circuit is provided so that the pixel circuit is positioned between the driver circuit and the display element. The wiring is electrically connected to the scan line at the first connection portion, and the wiring is electrically connected to the driver circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Daiki NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20250095530Abstract: A flip-flop circuit is provided. A driver circuit is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes first to fifth input terminals and first to third output terminals, the first input terminal is supplied with a first trigger signal, the second input terminal is supplied with a second trigger signal, the third input terminal is supplied with a batch selection signal, the fourth input terminal is supplied with a first pulse width modulation signal, and the fifth input terminal is supplied with a second pulse width modulation signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Daisuke KUBOTA, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Akio YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 12245485Abstract: A high-resolution display apparatus having a function of sensing light is provided. The display apparatus includes a display portion in which a first arrangement pattern and a second arrangement pattern are repeatedly arranged in this order in a first direction. In the first arrangement pattern, a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel are repeatedly arranged in this order in a second direction. In the second arrangement pattern, a fourth subpixel and a fifth subpixel are repeatedly arranged in this order in the second direction. The first to fourth subpixels each include a light-emitting device. The fifth subpixel includes a light-receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Kouhei Toyotaka, Satoru Ohshita, Daisuke Kubota
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Patent number: 12243459Abstract: A flip-flop circuit is provided. A driver circuit is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes first to fifth input terminals and first to third output terminals, the first input terminal is supplied with a first trigger signal, the second input terminal is supplied with a second trigger signal, the third input terminal is supplied with a batch selection signal, the fourth input terminal is supplied with a first pulse width modulation signal, and the fifth input terminal is supplied with a second pulse width modulation signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Daisuke Kubota, Tetsuji Ishitani, Akio Yamashita
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Publication number: 20250072115Abstract: Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3×2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Yoshitaka DOZEN, Takaaki NAGATA, Shinichi HIRASA
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Patent number: 12200950Abstract: An electronic device having an eye tracking function is provided. The electronic device includes a display device and an optical system. The display device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a sensor portion, and a driver circuit portion. The sensor portion includes a light-receiving element. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting infrared light or visible light. The second light-emitting element has a function of emitting light of a color different from that of light emitted from the first light-emitting element. When the first light-emitting element emits infrared light, the light-receiving element has a function of detecting the infrared light that is emitted from the first light-emitting element and reflected by an eyeball of a user.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromichi Godo, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazuki Tsuda, Satoru Ohshita, Hidefumi Rikimaru
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Patent number: 12199106Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second transistors having the same conductivity type and a circuit. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to that of the second transistor. First and third potentials are supplied to the circuit through respective wirings. A second potential and a first clock signal are supplied to the others of the sources and the drains of the first and second transistors, respectively. A second clock signal is supplied to the circuit. The third potential is higher than the second potential which is higher than the first potential. A fourth potential is equal to or higher than the third potential. The first clock signal alternates the second and fourth potentials and the second clock signal alternates the first and third potentials. The circuit controls electrical connections between gates of the first and second transistors and the wirings.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Jun Koyama, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 12183287Abstract: A semiconductor device including a display pixel circuit and an imaging pixel circuit is provided. The semiconductor device includes first and second circuits; the first circuit includes a light-emitting device; and the second circuit includes a light-receiving device, first to fifth transistors, and a first capacitor. The light-receiving device includes first and second terminals, and the light-emitting device includes third and fourth terminals. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second transistor, and a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the third transistor and a first terminal of the first capacitor. A second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the fourth transistor and a first terminal of the fifth transistor.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuto Yakubo, Kouhei Toyotaka, Seiko Inoue, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 12170291Abstract: Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3×2.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Kouhei Toyotaka, Hideaki Shishido, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kohei Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Yoshitaka Dozen, Takaaki Nagata, Shinichi Hirasa
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Publication number: 20240411134Abstract: An optical device of the present invention includes a display apparatus (10) and an optical system (12). The display apparatus (10) includes a display region (60) and a sensor region (52). The optical system (12) includes a first mirror (21) and a second mirror (22). The first mirror (21) includes a first surface and a second surface. The display region (60) has a function of emitting first light (31). The first mirror (21) is provided on an optical path of the first light (31) and has a function of transmitting the first light (31) incident on the first surface to the second surface and a function of reflecting second light (33) incident on the second surface. The second mirror (22) is provided on an optical path of the second light (33) and has a function of reflecting the second light (33). The sensor region (52) has a function of detecting the second light (33) via the first mirror (21) and the second mirror (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Masashi FUJITA, Yoshiyuki KUROKAWA, Hiromichi GODO, Seiko INOUE, Kazuma FURUTANI, Kouhei TOYOTAKA
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Patent number: 12165580Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first functional layer, and a second functional layer. The display region includes a pixel, and the pixel includes a display element and a pixel circuit. The first functional layer includes the pixel circuit, a scan line, and a first connection portion. The display element is electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and the pixel circuit is electrically connected to the scan line. The second functional layer includes a region overlapping with the first functional layer, the second functional layer includes a driver circuit and a wiring, and the driver circuit is provided so that the pixel circuit is positioned between the driver circuit and the display element. The wiring is electrically connected to the scan line at the first connection portion, and the wiring is electrically connected to the driver circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Daiki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240373675Abstract: To provide a display device capable of performing image processing. Each pixel is provided with a memory circuit in which desired correction data is retained. The correction data is generated by calculation in an external device and written to each pixel. The correction data is added to image data by capacitive coupling and supplied to a display element. Thus, the display element can display a corrected image. Through the correction, image upconversion can be performed, or image quality decreased because of variations in pixel transistor characteristics can be corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Naoto KUSUMOTO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20240363069Abstract: A novel correction method for a display apparatus is provided. A correction circuit of the display apparatus obtains offset corresponding to a current flowing through a second subpixel when a first subpixel is not lit. The correction circuit of the display apparatus obtains, for each pixel, correction output data, obtained by correcting, with the offset, data corresponding to a current flowing through each of the second subpixels in sequentially supplying correction video data to the first subpixels and stores the correction video data and the correction output data corresponding to the correction video data in a memory circuit. The correction circuit of the display apparatus calculates coefficients obtained when a relation between the correction video data and the correction output data corresponding to the correction video data is approximated by a quadratic expression and stores the coefficients in the memory circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kazuma FURUTANI
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Publication number: 20240321231Abstract: A display device that achieves both high-accuracy sensing by a touch sensor unit and smooth input using the touch sensor unit is provided. The display device includes a display unit and the touch sensor unit. The touch sensor unit performs touch sensing operation at a different timing from display image rewriting by the display unit, whereby the high-accuracy sensing can be achieved. The display unit has a function of rewriting a display image only in a region that needs to be rewritten. In the case where the entire display region is not necessarily rewritten, the time for the sensing operation by the touch sensor unit can be lengthened, whereby the smooth input can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240265877Abstract: A display device that can be easily and more flexibly designed is provided. The display device includes a pixel circuit and a driver circuit in a display portion. The driver circuit includes a plurality of pulse output circuits. Each of the plurality of pulse output circuits has a function of driving a gate line. The pixel circuit is electrically connected to the gate line. Each of the plurality of pulse output circuits includes a first transistor. The pixel circuit includes a second transistor. A layer including the second transistor is over a layer including the first transistor, and the first transistor and the second transistor overlap with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Hidetomo KOBAYASHI, Kouhei TOYOTAKA
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Publication number: 20240257751Abstract: A semiconductor device including a display pixel circuit and an imaging pixel circuit is provided. The semiconductor device includes first and second circuits; the first circuit includes a light-emitting device; and the second circuit includes a light-receiving device, first to fifth transistors, and a first capacitor. The light-receiving device includes first and second terminals, and the light-emitting device includes third and fourth terminals. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second transistor, and a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the third transistor and a first terminal of the first capacitor. A second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the fourth transistor and a first terminal of the fifth transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Yuto YAKUBO, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Seiko INOUE, Yoshiyuki KUROKAWA
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Publication number: 20240256037Abstract: To provide a novel electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing and a display device. The display device includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are provided in different layers. The first layer includes a driver circuit and an arithmetic circuit. The second layer includes pixel circuits and a cell array. The third layer includes light-receiving devices and light-emitting devices. The pixel circuits each have a function of controlling light emission of the light-emitting device. The driver circuit has a function of controlling the pixel circuits. The arithmetic circuit has a function of performing arithmetic processing on the basis of first data corresponding to currents output from the light-receiving devices and second data corresponding to a potential held in the cell array.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Yoshiyuki KUROKAWA, Hiromichi GODO, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kazuki TSUDA, Satoru OHSHITA, Hidefumi RIKIMARU
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Publication number: 20240250112Abstract: A display device with high resolution is provided. Manufacturing cost of a display device using a micro LED as a display element is reduced. The display device includes a substrate, a plurality of transistors, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of light-emitting diodes are provided in a matrix over the substrate. Each of the plurality of transistors are electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of light-emitting diodes are positioned closer to the substrate than the plurality of transistors are. The plurality of light-emitting diodes emit light to the opposite side of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Kazunori WATANABE, Kouhei TOYOTAKA