Patents by Inventor Masahiro Tada

Masahiro Tada 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: 12178059
    Abstract: A detection device includes a photodiode, and a thin-film transistor coupled to the photodiode. The thin-film transistor includes a semiconductor layer between a light-blocking layer and the photodiode, and an electrode layer between the semiconductor layer and the photodiode, and the electric layer includes a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin-film transistor. The source electrode extends to a position facing the light-blocking layer with the semiconductor layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Makoto Uchida, Masahiro Tada, Marina Mochizuki, Hirofumi Kato, Akio Takimoto, Takao Someya, Tomoyuki Yokota
  • Patent number: 12143379
    Abstract: A biometric authentication system is a biometric authentication system having a detection device and an authentication device performing personal authentication. The detection device has a plurality of sensor elements, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of signal lines provided in correspondence with the sensor elements, and gate line drive circuit scanning the gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tada, Takashi Nakamura, Akio Takimoto, Tomokatsu Kinugawa
  • Publication number: 20240324259
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; and a plurality of optical sensors formed by stacking first and second lower electrodes, a lower buffer layer, an active layer, an upper buffer layer, and an upper electrode on the substrate in the order as listed. The first lower electrodes are arranged so as to be separated for each of the optical sensors. The second lower electrodes are provided so as to surround the first lower electrodes, respectively. The lower buffer layer, the active layer, the upper buffer layer, and the upper electrode are provided continuously over the optical sensors so as to cover the first and the second lower electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: Masahiro TADA
  • Patent number: 12086224
    Abstract: A detection device comprising: an input unit configured to receive an operation of a user; a biosensor provided on the input unit and configured to detect biological information on the user; a position sensor configured to detect an operating position that is a position on the input unit where the user has performed the operation; and a controller, wherein the controller comprises: an operation determination unit configured to determine, based on the operating position detected by the position sensor, whether the user has operated the input unit along a predetermined trajectory; and a biological information acquirer configured to, when the user is determined to have operated the input unit along the predetermined trajectory, acquire, from the biosensor, the biological information on the user when the user has operated the input unit along the predetermined trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tada, Takashi Nakamura, Akio Takimoto
  • Patent number: 12068423
    Abstract: A detection device includes a photoelectric conversion portion in which a plurality of photodiodes are arranged in a planar shape, a light source configured to irradiate the photodiodes with light, and a heating electrode provided so as to face the photoelectric conversion portion, and configured to generate heat and conduct the heat to the photoelectric conversion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Tada
  • Publication number: 20240248557
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro AOKI, Takashi NAKAMURA, Masahiro TADA, Hirotaka HAYASHI, Makoto SHIBUSAWA, Yutaka UMEDA, Miyuki ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11989270
    Abstract: A detection device includes an input unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a sensor provided in the input unit and configured to detect biological information of the user when the user operates the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tada, Takashi Nakamura, Akio Takimoto
  • Patent number: 11972071
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Hirotaka Hayashi, Makoto Shibusawa, Yutaka Umeda, Miyuki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20240023818
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device that is wearable on one finger includes: a first electrode having an inner surface to be in contact with a finger wearing the detection device; a second electrode provided outside the first electrode and electrically insulated from the first electrode; a light source provided outside the first electrode and inside the second electrode and configured to irradiate the finger with light; a light sensor provided outside the first electrode and inside the second electrode and configured to receive light from the finger; and a control circuit provided outside the first electrode and inside the second electrode and configured to measure biological information based on an output from the light sensor. The light source includes at least one of a red light source, an infrared light source, a near-infrared light source, and a green light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Masahiro TADA
  • Publication number: 20230410552
    Abstract: A detection device includes a ring-shaped housing wearable on a living body, a first light source provided inside the housing and configured to emit near-infrared light, an optical sensor capable of detecting the near-infrared light, and a control circuit configured to control lighting of the first light source. The control circuit is configured to measure a perfusion index of blood flow based on image data acquired by the optical sensor when being irradiated with the near-infrared light, determine the image data to be a vein image when the perfusion index is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, and determine the image data to be a dermatoglyphic image of a biological surface when the perfusion index is lower than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiro TADA
  • Publication number: 20230386245
    Abstract: A detection device includes a ring-shaped housing wearable on a living body, a light source provided inside the housing, an optical sensor provided inside the housing, a battery, and a wireless power receiving element configured to charge the battery. The optical sensor is provided in an area facing the light source inside the housing, and a coil of the power receiving element is provided outside the optical sensor in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiro TADA
  • Patent number: 11798962
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range in a pixel having a high-sensitivity pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional manner, in which the pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit having lower sensitivity than the first photoelectric conversion unit, and a size of the second photoelectric conversion unit in an optical axis direction in which light enters is smaller than a size of the first photoelectric conversion unit in the optical axis direction. The present technology can be applied to a backside-illumination CMOS image sensor, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Kido, Masahiro Tada, Takahiro Toyoshima, Yasushi Tateshita, Hikaru Iwata
  • Patent number: 11784209
    Abstract: A detection device comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of gate lines that are provided on the insulating substrate, and extend in a first direction; a plurality of signal lines that are provided on the insulating substrate, and extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a switching element coupled to each of the gate lines and each of the signal lines; a first photoelectric conversion element that comprises a first semiconductor layer containing amorphous silicon, and is coupled to the switching element; and a second photoelectric conversion element that comprises a second semiconductor layer containing polysilicon, and is coupled to the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tada, Makoto Uchida, Takashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230273695
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro AOKI, Takashi NAKAMURA, Masahiro TADA, Hirotaka HAYASHI, Makoto SHIBUSAWA, Yutaka UMEDA, Miyuki ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11719573
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate, an organic material layer provided above the substrate at a position overlapping at least a detection region, a plurality of detection electrodes provided between the substrate and the organic material layer in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, a first switching element provided to each of the detection electrodes, a plurality of gate lines coupled with some first switching elements and extending in a first direction, a plurality of signal lines coupled with some first switching elements and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a drive circuit configured to supply gate drive signals having potentials determined for the respective gate lines based on a predetermined code to the respective first switching elements through the gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Masahiro Tada, Takashi Nakamura, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Fumitaka Gotoh, Hirofumi Kato
  • Patent number: 11710340
    Abstract: A photodiode array is provided and includes insulating substrate; photodiodes arrayed in detection region of insulating substrate, photodiodes configured to output signal in accordance with light incident on photodiodes; first switching elements corresponding to photodiodes and including first semiconductor made of oxide semiconductor; gate lines coupled with first switching elements and extending in first direction; signal lines coupled with first switching elements and extending in second direction intersecting first direction; and gate line drive circuit including second switching element that includes second semiconductor made of polycrystalline silicone, gate line drive circuit being provided in peripheral region outside detection region and configured to drive gate lines, wherein photodiodes includes translucent conductive layer that is cathode, and translucent conductive layer overlaps none of signal lines in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Uchida, Takanori Tsunashima, Masahiro Tada, Tomoyuki Ito, Takashi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11687186
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Hirotaka Hayashi, Makoto Shibusawa, Yutaka Umeda, Miyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11645825
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes arranged on the substrate; a light source configured to emit light to an object to be detected; a detection circuit configured to detect first detection signals based on reverse bias currents of the photodiodes when the light source is off, and to detect second detection signals based on the reverse bias currents of the photodiodes when the light source is on; and a memory configured to store first imaging data based on the first detection signals when the light source is off, second imaging data based on the second detection signals when the light source is on, and difference data between the first imaging data and the second imaging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Tada
  • Publication number: 20230125919
    Abstract: A detection device includes a photoelectric conversion portion in which a plurality of photodiodes are arranged in a planar shape, a light source configured to irradiate the photodiodes with light, and a heating electrode provided so as to face the photoelectric conversion portion, and configured to generate heat and conduct the heat to the photoelectric conversion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiro TADA
  • Publication number: 20230102369
    Abstract: First block (10) includes internal flow path (15). A cooling medium flows inside internal flow path (15). Curved part (56) is provided at a corner between bottom surface (54) and side wall surface (55) of internal flow path (15). Curved part (56) is continuously connected to bottom surface (54) and side wall surface (55) of internal flow path (15) and has a curved shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kouji OOMORI, Masahiro TADA, Takafumi UCHIDA, Ayako IWASAWA, Fumiya MURAO