Patents by Inventor Makiko Imabayashi
Makiko Imabayashi 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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Patent number: 8077282Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates with an overlay, via an insulator layer, between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when viewed from above. In the liquid crystal display device, the pixel electrode is extended in a first direction, and includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction for a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a side extending in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Masato Shimura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshiki Asakura, Makiko Imabayashi
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Publication number: 20110069270Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates with an overlay, via an insulator layer, between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when viewed from above. In the liquid crystal display device, the pixel electrode is extended in a first direction, and includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction for a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a side extending in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Masato Shimura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshiki Asakura, Makiko Imabayashi
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Patent number: 7864282Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates with an overlay, via an insulator layer, between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when viewed from above. In the liquid crystal display device, the pixel electrode is extended in a first direction, and includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction for a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a side extending in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Masato Shimura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshiki Asakura, Makiko Imabayashi
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Patent number: 7714969Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device having a first planar electrode and a second electrode formed on the first electrode with an insulating film in between, the response time of a liquid crystal is made shorter than that in a related art. A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a first electrode, an insulating film provided in an upper layer than the first electrode, and a second electrode provided in an upper layer than the insulating film; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display device drives the liquid crystal by generating an electric field by the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode has plural slits closed at both ends, the first electrode is a planar electrode superimposed on the plural slits, and, given that the length of the respective slits is Ls, the length Ls of the respective slits satisfies 12 ?m?Ls?30 ?m, more preferably, 12?m?Ls?20 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiki Asakura, Masato Shimura, Makiko Imabayashi, Takanori Nakayama
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Publication number: 20090015774Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device having a first planar electrode and a second electrode formed on the first electrode with an insulating film in between, the response time of a liquid crystal is made shorter than that in a related art. A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a first electrode, an insulating film provided in an upper layer than the first electrode, and a second electrode provided in an upper layer than the insulating film; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display device drives the liquid crystal by generating an electric field by the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode has plural slits closed at both ends, the first electrode is a planar electrode superimposed on the plural slits, and, given that the length of the respective slits is Ls, the length Ls of the respective slits satisfies 12 ?m?Ls?30 ?m, more preferably, 12?m?Ls?20 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Toshiki Asakura, Masato Shimura, Makiko Imabayashi, Takanori Nakayama
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Publication number: 20070242205Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured by a pair of substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal material with a positive dielectric anisotropy; and a flat-shaped common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed on one of the pair of substrates with an overlay, via an insulator layer, between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when viewed from above. In the liquid crystal display device, the pixel electrode is extended in a first direction, and includes a plurality of comb-like electrode sections aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the comb-like electrode sections of the pixel electrode are varied in width in the second direction for a plurality of times at intervals shorter than a side extending in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Inventors: Masato Shimura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshiki Asakura, Makiko Imabayashi
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Patent number: 6678030Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device in which the gap between its transparent substrates can be kept uniform irrespective of whether the temperature of the device is normal temperature or high temperature. The liquid crystal display device includes transparent substrates disposed in opposition to each other with a liquid crystal being interposed therebetween, and plural spacers secured to one of the transparent substrates so as to support the other transparent substrate. The plural spacers include first spacers and second spacers, and the first spacers are formed of a material whose elasticity is higher than that of the second spacers, and are larger in height than the second spacers.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Makiko Imabayashi, Shinji Hasegawa, Yasushi Iwakabe
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Patent number: 6535264Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is capable of providing high-quality picture display by preventing luminance irregularity in a display screen due to the nonuniformity of a cell gap. The liquid crystal display device includes at least two or more kinds of color filters FIL formed over one of substrates, the color filters having different colors for displaying a color display, a black matrix interposed between each of the color filters, pixel-forming electrodes ITO2, an alignment control layer, a spacer SOC fixedly formed over at least one of the substrates with a height approximately equal to a desired gap between the substrates, and a bead interposed between the substrates and made of a resin material whose average grain size is slightly greater than the height of the spacer SOC.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2000Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Makiko Imabayashi, Shinji Hasegawa, Yasushi Iwakabe
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Publication number: 20020005929Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device in which the gap between its transparent substrates can be kept uniform irrespective of whether the temperature of the device is normal temperature or high temperature. The liquid crystal display device includes transparent substrates disposed in opposition to each other with a liquid crystal being interposed therebetween, and plural spacers secured to one of the transparent substrates so as to support the other transparent substrate. The plural spacers include first spacers and second spacers, and the first spacers are formed of a material whose elasticity is higher than that of the second spacers, and are larger in height than the second spacers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Makiko Imabayashi, Shinji Hasegawa, Yasushi Iwakabe