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).

  • Publication number: 20210366381
    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: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Kentaro HAYASHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11183137
    Abstract: A display apparatus that operates at high speed is provided. The display apparatus includes a display portion provided with a pixel, and the display portion has a function of displaying a first-color image and a second-color image. A first period in which first image data and first data are written to the pixel, a second period in which the first-color image corresponding to the first image data is displayed on the display portion, a third period in which second image data is generated in the pixel on the basis of the first image data and the first data, and a fourth period in which the second-color image corresponding to the second image data is displayed on the display portion are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20210343243
    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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kazunori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210343755
    Abstract: A novel display device or the like in which a transistor connected to a scan line has small gate capacitance is provided. A novel display device or the like in which a scan line has low resistance is provided. A novel display device or the like in which pixels can be arranged with high density is provided. A novel display device or the like that can be manufactured without an increase in cost is provided. In a transistor including a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode, the first gate electrode is formed using a metal material with low resistance and the second gate electrode is formed using a metal oxide material that can reduce oxygen vacancies in an oxide semiconductor layer. The first gate electrode is connected to the scan line, and the second gate electrode is connected to a wiring to which a constant potential is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20210319764
    Abstract: A display apparatus which includes a driver with low power consumption and in which an output voltage of the driver is boosted by a pixel is provided. The source driver in which a logic unit and an amplifier unit operate appropriately by the same low voltage is included, and the pixel has a function of retaining first data, a function of adding second data to the first data to generate third data, and a function of supplying the third data to a display device. Thus, even when a voltage output from the source driver is low, the voltage can be boosted by the pixel; accordingly, the display device can operate appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Motoharu SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210288357
    Abstract: A power storage system with excellent characteristics is provided. A power storage system with a high degree of safety is provided. A power storage system with less deterioration is provided. A storage battery with excellent characteristics is provided. The power storage system includes a neural network and a storage battery. The neural network includes an input layer, an output layer, and one or more hidden layers between the input layer and the output layer. The predetermined hidden layer is connected to the previous hidden layer or the previous input layer by a predetermined weight coefficient, and connected to the next hidden layer or the next output layer by a predetermined weight coefficient. In the storage battery, voltage and time at which the voltage is obtained are measured as one of sets of data. The sets of data measured at different times are input to the input layer and the operational condition of the storage battery is changed in accordance with a signal output from the output layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Ryota TAJIMA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Toshiyuki ISA
  • Publication number: 20210288124
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, and the display region includes a first group of pixels, a second group of pixels, a third group of pixels, a fourth group of pixels, a first scan line, a second scan line, a first signal line, and a second signal line. The first group of pixels include a first pixel and are arranged in a row direction. The second group of pixels include a second pixel and are arranged in the row direction. The third group of pixels include a first pixel and are arranged in a column direction that intersects the row direction. The fourth group of pixels include a second pixel and are arranged in the column direction. The first signal line is electrically connected to the third group of pixels and the second signal line is electrically connected to the fourth group of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11100855
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving image quality is provided. A first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit are included; a memory node is provided in each pixel circuit and a first signal can be retained in the memory node. The first signal is added to a second signal by capacitive coupling, and then can be supplied to a display element. Thus, the display device can display a corrected image. Furthermore, the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit share a signal line, whereby the aperture ratio of a pixel can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe, Kei Takahashi, Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Koji Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 11087675
    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: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi, Kentaro Hayashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11081048
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pulse output circuits each of which outputs signals to one of the two kinds of scan lines and a plurality of inverted pulse output circuits each of which outputs, to the other of the two kinds of scan lines, inverted or substantially inverted signals of the signals output from the pulse output circuits. Each of the plurality of inverted pulse output circuits operates with at least two kinds of signals used for the operation of the plurality of pulse output circuits. Thus, through current generated in the inverted pulse output circuits can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouhei Toyotaka
  • Patent number: 11075255
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, and the display region includes a first group of pixels, a second group of pixels, a third group of pixels, a fourth group of pixels, a first scan line, a second scan line, a first signal line, and a second signal line. The first group of pixels include a first pixel and are arranged in a row direction. The second group of pixels include a second pixel and are arranged in the row direction. The third group of pixels include a first pixel and are arranged in a column direction that intersects the row direction. The fourth group of pixels include a second pixel and are arranged in the column direction. The first signal line is electrically connected to the third group of pixels and the second signal line is electrically connected to the fourth group of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi, Hideaki Shishido, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11069718
    Abstract: A novel display device or the like in which a transistor connected to a scan line has small gate capacitance is provided. A novel display device or the like in which a scan line has low resistance is provided. A novel display device or the like in which pixels can be arranged with high density is provided. A novel display device or the like that can be manufactured without an increase in cost is provided. In a transistor including a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode, the first gate electrode is formed using a metal material with low resistance and the second gate electrode is formed using a metal oxide material that can reduce oxygen vacancies in an oxide semiconductor layer. The first gate electrode is connected to the scan line, and the second gate electrode is connected to a wiring to which a constant potential is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi, Hideaki Shishido, Koji Kusunoki
  • Publication number: 20210217805
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Kazunori WATANABE, Kouhei TOYOTAKA
  • Patent number: 11062667
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210201834
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a backlight and a pixel portion including first to 2n-th scan lines, wherein, in a first case of expressing a color image, first pixels controlled by the first to n-th scan lines are configured to express a first image using at least one of first to third hues supplied in a first rotating order, and second pixels controlled by the (n+1)-th to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express a second image using at least one of the first to third hues supplied in a second rotating order, wherein, in a second case of expressing a monochrome image, the first and second pixels controlled by the first to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express the monochrome image by external light reflected by the reflective pixel electrode, and wherein the first rotating order is different from the second rotating order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Jun KOYAMA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Kouhei TOYOTAKA
  • Publication number: 20210193071
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210183294
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Daisuke KUBOTA, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Akio YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210174734
    Abstract: A novel display is provided. A display having a small change in chromaticity of a micro light-emitting diode in proportion to current density is provided. A display capable of reducing power consumption in the driver circuit when displaying a still image is provided. The display includes a plurality of pixels each including a display element and a microcontroller. The microcontroller includes a first transistor, a triangular wave generator circuit, a comparator, a switch, and a constant current circuit. The first transistor has a function of retaining a potential corresponding to data written to the pixel by being switched off. The triangular wave generator circuit has a function of generating a triangular wave signal. The comparator has a function of generating an output signal corresponding to the potential and the triangular wave signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210174757
    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: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11013087
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device which can prevent appearance of an after-image after power on. Before or after supply of a power voltage applied to a light-emitting element is cut, a potential of a gate electrode of a transistor controlling the supply of the power voltage to the light-emitting element is initialized. Specifically, in the case where the transistor is n-channel type, the potential of the gate electrode is initialized so that a gate voltage is equal to or lower than a threshold voltage. In the case where the transistor is p-channel type, the potential of the gate electrode is initialized so that the gate voltage is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Koji Kusunoki