Patents by Inventor Masakazu Gunji

Masakazu Gunji 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: 20230422576
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base material, and a display area including a plurality of pixels arrayed in matrix in a first direction and a second direction. Each of the pixels includes a first subpixel, a second subpixel and a third subpixel. Each of the subpixels includes two overlap areas which overlap subpixels which are adjacent in the first direction, and an effective area which contributes display of images. In the first subpixel, neither of the two overlap areas is included in the effective area. In the second subpixel, one of the two overlap areas is included in the effective area, and the other one is not included in the effective area. In the third subpixel, both of the two overlap areas are included in the effective area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20230389360
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a plurality of pixel circuits, an insulating layer, a plurality of apertures, a plurality of display elements and a partition. Each of the display elements includes a lower electrode, an organic layer and an upper electrode. The lower electrode and the organic layer are in contact over an entire surface of the aperture. The organic layer and the upper electrode are in contact over the entire surface of the aperture. The peripheral portion of the lower electrode is covered by the partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu GUNJI, Jun NITTA
  • Publication number: 20230380207
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a switching element, a first insulating layer including a first contact hole penetrating to the switching element, a conductive material filled in the first contact hole, a lower electrode arranged above the first insulating layer and being in contact with the conductive material, an organic layer stacked on the lower electrode, and including a hole injection layer on the lower electrode, a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer, and a light emitting layer on the hole transport layer, an upper electrode stacked on the organic layer, and a coating layer covering an end surface of each of the lower electrode, the hole injection layer, and the hole transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Jun NITTA, Masakazu GUNJI, Shinya ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230209850
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes an anode, an organic EL element layer including a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron blocking layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer and an electron injection layer, and a cathode, wherein ?E2_LUMO is defined as a potential barrier between the electron transport layer and the hole blocking layer, and the light-emitting layer, ?E2_HOMO is defined as a potential barrier between the hole transport layer and the electron blocking layer, and the light-emitting layer, and each of ?E2_LUMO and ?E2_HOMO is 0.1 eV or higher and 0.5 eV or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuto MANAGAKI, Takuya NAKAGAWA, Ryosuke MURATA, Masakazu GUNJI, Takahiro USHIKUBO, Masashi TSUBUKU
  • Patent number: 11621401
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel each include a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film, and a leveling film and further possesses a light-emitting element located over the leveling film. The display device has a partition wall located between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and a trench passing through the leveling film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Gunji
  • Publication number: 20220373792
    Abstract: In an optical device, a center position of a pinhole is disposed at a center position of a sensor region, in a first individual region disposed in a center region, of a plurality of first individual regions, and a distance in planar view between a center region of the sensor region and the pinhole in the first individual region far from the center region is longer than a distance in planar view between the center region of the sensor region and the pinhole in the first individual region close to the center region in the first individual regions disposed in the peripheral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Masakazu GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20220320254
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode disposed on a first insulating layer, a partition wall connected to a pixel circuit, a first organic layer disposed on the first lower electrode and a first upper electrode disposed on the first organic layer. The partition wall includes a conductive layer and a second insulating layer. The conductive layer is a portion connected to the pixel circuit, and includes a first side surface opposing the first lower electrode and a second side surface opposing the second lower electrode. The second insulating layer is disposed on the conductive layer. The first lower electrode is in contact with the first side surface and the second lower electrode is spaced apart from the second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu GUNJI
  • Patent number: 11417722
    Abstract: The display device includes a substrate, a first wiring provided on the substrate, an insulating layer having a first contact hole, and provided on the first wiring, a plurality of pixels arranged in a display region on the first insulating layer, each of the plurality of pixels having a transistor and a light emitting element, a common electrode provided in common to the plurality of light emitting elements and electrically connected to the first wiring via the first contact hole in a peripheral region surrounding the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Gunji
  • Publication number: 20220238829
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first electrode, an organic layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode covering the organic layer. The organic layer includes a first layer having a first edge portion and a second layer between the first layer and the second electrode. The second layer covers the first edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroumi KINJO, Hayata AOKI, Masakazu GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20210384451
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel each include a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film, and a leveling film and further possesses a light-emitting element located over the leveling film. The display device has a partition wall located between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and a trench passing through the leveling film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Masakazu GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20210305325
    Abstract: A display device comprising: a plurality of pixels P; convex portion rows, composed by a plurality of convex portions 50 spaced from each other, formed on a boundary between adjacent pixels P in the plurality of pixels P; color filters CF, wherein a color filter CF formed on one side of a convex portion row has a different color from that of a color filter CF formed on the other side of the convex portion row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu GUNJI
  • Patent number: 11127908
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel each include a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film, and a leveling film and further possesses a light-emitting element located over the leveling film. The display device has a partition wall located between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and a trench passing through the leveling film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Gunji
  • Patent number: 10879492
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode; a light-emitting layer formed on the electrode; and a metal-containing film formed on the light-emitting layer and containing a first metallic element. The metal-containing film includes a metal layer forming an interface of the metal-containing film on the side of the light-emitting layer, formed of a simple substance of the first metallic element or an alloy of the first metallic element and a second metallic element, and a light-transmitting oxide layer forming an interface of the metal-containing film on the opposite side from the interface on the side of the light-emitting layer, formed of an oxide of the first metallic element, and having a light-transmitting property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Gunji
  • Publication number: 20200403176
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes apart from each other which are provided above the substrate, a counter electrode disposed above the plurality of pixel electrodes, an organic EL layer interposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the counter electrode, an intermediate electrode disposed between the pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in plan view, and an insulating film provided between the intermediate electrode and the organic EL layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Masakazu GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20200365681
    Abstract: The display device includes a substrate, a first wiring provided on the substrate, an insulating layer having a first contact hole, and provided on the first wiring, a plurality of pixels arranged in a display region on the first insulating layer, each of the plurality of pixels having a transistor and a light emitting element, a common electrode provided in common to the plurality of light emitting elements and electrically connected to the first wiring via the first contact hole in a peripheral region surrounding the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc
    Inventor: Masakazu GUNJI
  • Patent number: 10678389
    Abstract: A touch sensor has a first touch electrode extending in a first direction, a second touch electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a third touch electrode extending in a third direction intersecting between the first direction and the second direction, and a fourth touch electrode extending in a fourth direction intersecting the third direction, the first touch electrode is in the same layer as the second touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Gunji
  • Publication number: 20200168680
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel each include a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film, and a leveling film and further possesses a light-emitting element located over the leveling film. The display device has a partition wall located between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and a trench passing through the leveling film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Masakazu Gunji
  • Patent number: 10586838
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel each include a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film, and a leveling film and further possesses a light-emitting element located over the leveling film. The display device has a partition wall located between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and a trench passing through the leveling film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Gunji
  • Patent number: 10581031
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a thin film transistor; a first insulating layer covering the thin film transistor; a first conductive layer on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer on the second insulating layer; a pixel capacitor formed of the first conductive layer, the second insulating layer and the second conductive layer; a third insulating layer provided on the second conductive layer and including an opening in a region overlapping a part of the second conductive layer as seen in a plan view; and an organic layer covering the opening of the third insulating layer and including a light emitting layer. The first insulating layer includes a first groove in a region overlapping the third insulating layer as seen in a plan view, and a part of the pixel capacitor is located inside the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Gunji
  • Patent number: 10490603
    Abstract: A display device may include an insulation layer having openings, the insulation layer having opening edges around the respective openings; pixel electrodes in the respective openings and on the respective opening edges; an electroluminescence layer continuously on the pixel electrodes, the electroluminescence layer consisting of some layers including a bottom layer thereof, the electroluminescence layer including a light emitting layer in one of the layers except for at least the bottom layer, the light emitting layer overlapping with a corresponding one of the pixel electrodes; and a counter electrode on the electroluminescence layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Chunche Ma, Hajime Akimoto, Masakazu Gunji