Patents by Inventor Masamichi Shimoda

Masamichi Shimoda 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: 20230343298
    Abstract: A display device determines a gray level for a first pixel based on video data, determines whether the first pixel is in a first deterioration mode or a second deterioration mode following the first deterioration mode based on a driving history of the first pixel, determines a data signal to be supplied to the first pixel based on the gray level and the driving history of the first pixel with reference to first adjustment information for the first deterioration mode in a case of determining that the first pixel is in the first deterioration mode, and determines a data signal to be supplied to the first pixel based on the gray level and the driving history of the first pixel with reference to second adjustment information for the second deterioration mode in a case of determining that the first pixel is in the second deterioration mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro MATSUEDA, Masamichi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20230343258
    Abstract: A display device includes a deterioration evaluation region including dummy pixels and a display region. A control circuit determines a gray level for a first display pixel and determines whether the first display pixel is in a first deterioration mode or a second deterioration mode based on a driving history of the first display pixel. The control circuit determines, in the first deterioration mode, a data signal to be supplied to the first display pixel based on the gray level and the driving history of the first display pixel. The control circuit determines, in the second deterioration mode, a data signal to be supplied to the first display pixel based on the gray level, the driving history of the first display pixel, and measurement results about a current-voltage characteristic acquired from dummy pixels in the deterioration evaluation region of the same color as the first display pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electrics Co.,Ltd
    Inventors: Yojiro MATSUEDA, Masamichi SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11798446
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region including display pixels, dummy pixels disposed outside the display region, light blocking films covering the dummy pixels. The display region includes a first region and a second region having a lower display pixel density than the first region. A control circuit is configured to supply the display pixels in the second region with driving current higher than driving current for the first region for the same grayscale level specified in image data, supply each of the dummy pixels with the same data signal as a data signal for the associated display pixel in the second region, measure deterioration of the light-emitting element of each of the dummy pixels, and adjust data signals for the display pixels in the second region associated with the dummy pixels based on results of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Matsueda, Masamichi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11741908
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, a power supply line, and an extra voltage supply line different from the power supply line and the data line. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, a storage capacitor between a gate terminal of the driving transistor and the power supply line, a first switching transistor between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor, a second switching transistor between a source terminal of the driving transistor and the data line, and a third switching transistor between the source terminal of the driving transistor and the extra voltage supply line. The third switching transistor supplies a signal voltage different from the data signal to the driving transistor from the extra voltage supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Genshiro Kawachi, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
  • Publication number: 20230105534
    Abstract: A display device includes a display pixel circuit including a display light-emitting element, a reference light-emitting element, and a display driving circuit. The display pixel circuit is configured to control light emission of the display light-emitting element based on a data signal in accordance with video data. The reference light-emitting element is precluded from the control in accordance with video data. The display driving circuit is configured to acquire a reference signal indicating a current-voltage characteristic of the reference light-emitting element, acquire a characteristic signal indicating the current-voltage characteristic of the display light-emitting element, and generate a signal indicating a degree of deterioration of the display light-emitting element based on a difference of the characteristic signal from the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Masamichi SHIMODA, Genshiro KAWACHI
  • Patent number: 11495180
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, and a monitoring circuit. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor configured to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, and a first switching transistor disposed between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor. The first switching transistor switches between supplying and not supplying the light-emitting element with electric current from the driving transistor. The monitoring circuit monitors a signal at a monitoring point located between the driving transistor and the first switching transistor in the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Genshiro Kawachi, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
  • Patent number: 11455961
    Abstract: A driver is configured to maintain a threshold compensation transistor to be ON to write a threshold compensation voltage to a storage capacitor in a threshold compensation period, and write a data signal to the storage capacitor in a data write period after the threshold compensation period. A pulse width of control signal is twice or more as long as the data write period. The driver circuit is configured to turn ON a first transistor with a start edge of a first control signal pulse before the data write period starts, maintain the first transistor to be ON and turn ON a second transistor with a start edge of a second control signal pulse to start the data write period, and turn OFF the first transistor with an end edge of the first control signal pulse to end the data write period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Shimoda, Jiro Yanase, Yojiro Matsueda
  • Publication number: 20220208122
    Abstract: A driver is configured to maintain a threshold compensation transistor to be ON to write a threshold compensation voltage to a storage capacitor in a threshold compensation period, and write a data signal to the storage capacitor in a data write period after the threshold compensation period. A pulse width of control signal is twice or more as long as the data write period. The driver circuit is configured to turn ON a first transistor with a start edge of a first control signal pulse before the data write period starts, maintain the first transistor to be ON and turn ON a second transistor with a start edge of a second control signal pulse to start the data write period, and turn OFF the first transistor with an end edge of the first control signal pulse to end the data write period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Masamichi SHIMODA, Jiro YANASE, Yojiro MATSUEDA
  • Publication number: 20220208119
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, a power supply line, and an extra voltage supply line different from the power supply line and the data line. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, a storage capacitor between a gate terminal of the driving transistor and the power supply line, a first switching transistor between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor, a second switching transistor between a source terminal of the driving transistor and the data line, and a third switching transistor between the source terminal of the driving transistor and the extra voltage supply line. The third switching transistor supplies a signal voltage different from the data signal to the driving transistor from the extra voltage supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Genshiro KAWACHI, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
  • Patent number: 11322088
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region including display pixels, a control circuit, a first power line pattern, and a second power line pattern. The display region includes a first region and a second region having a lower display pixel density than the first region. The control circuit is configured to supply pixel circuits in the first region with a first power supply potential through the first power line pattern, supply pixel circuits in the second region with a second power supply potential higher than the first power supply potential through the second power line pattern, and supply light-emitting elements of the display pixels in the second region with driving current higher than driving current for the display pixels in the first region for a same grayscale level specified in image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Matsueda, Masamichi Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20220028335
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region including display pixels, a control circuit, a first power line pattern, and a second power line pattern. The display region includes a first region and a second region having a lower display pixel density than the first region. The control circuit is configured to supply pixel circuits in the first region with a first power supply potential through the first power line pattern, supply pixel circuits in the second region with a second power supply potential higher than the first power supply potential through the second power line pattern, and supply light-emitting elements of the display pixels in the second region with driving current higher than driving current for the display pixels in the first region for a same grayscale level specified in image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yojiro MATSUEDA, Masamichi SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20220028311
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region including display pixels, dummy pixels disposed outside the display region, light blocking films covering the dummy pixels. The display region includes a first region and a second region having a lower display pixel density than the first region. A control circuit is configured to supply the display pixels in the second region with driving current higher than driving current for the first region for the same grayscale level specified in image data, supply each of the dummy pixels with the same data signal as a data signal for the associated display pixel in the second region, measure deterioration of the light-emitting element of each of the dummy pixels, and adjust data signals for the display pixels in the second region associated with the dummy pixels based on results of the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yojiro MATSUEDA, Masamichi SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11139804
    Abstract: A circuit includes a flip-flop included in a multi-stage shift register and a control element. The flip-flop includes an output field-effect transistor, a first field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply one of a high potential and a low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor, and a second field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply the other one of the high potential and the low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor. The control element is configured to operate to make an electric current flow between the gate and a power supply in the opposite direction of an off-leakage current from at least either one of the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor in a period where the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor are off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Yanase, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20210210021
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, and a monitoring circuit. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor configured to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, and a first switching transistor disposed between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor. The first switching transistor switches between supplying and not supplying the light-emitting element with electric current from the driving transistor. The monitoring circuit monitors a signal at a monitoring point located between the driving transistor and the first switching transistor in the pixel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Genshiro Kawachi, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
  • Patent number: 10971076
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line on the substrate, the data line being configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit, a monitoring line on the substrate, the monitoring line being different from the data line, and a monitoring circuit. The monitoring circuit is configured to monitor a signal at a monitoring point on a path of the data signal with the monitoring line, and supply a correction signal in place of the data signal to the pixel circuit via the monitoring line and the monitoring point in response to detection of transmission failure of the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD., Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genshiro Kawachi, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
  • Publication number: 20200389157
    Abstract: A circuit includes a flip-flop included in a multi-stage shift register and a control element. The flip-flop includes an output field-effect transistor, a first field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply one of a high potential and a low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor, and a second field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply the other one of the high potential and the low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor. The control element is configured to operate to make an electric current flow between the gate and a power supply in the opposite direction of an off-leakage current from at least either one of the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor in a period where the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor are off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Tianma Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro YANASE, Masamichi SHIMODA, Yoshihiro NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20200335044
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line on the substrate, the data line being configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit, a monitoring line on the substate, the monitoring line being different from the data line, and a monitoring circuit. The monitoring circuit is configured to monitor a signal at a monitoring point on a path of the data signal with the monitoring line, and supply a correction signal in place of the data signal to the pixel circuit via the monitoring line and the monitoring point in response to detection of transmission failure of the data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Genshiro KAWACHI, Masamichi SHIMODA, Yoshihiro NONAKA, Jiro YANASE
  • Patent number: 8941803
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of IPS mode includes an array of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern by crossing a plurality of video signal lines and a plurality of scanning signal lines each other. Each of the pixels is provided with at least a switching element. A transparent insulating film is provided on both signal lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes, common electrodes and common lines are provided on the transparent insulating film. The common lines are formed in a grid-shaped pattern such that a first group of the common lines is made of a first conductor having lower reflectivity against optical light than that of metal while a second group of the common lines is made of a second conductor including a metal layer such that said first group and said second group are crossing each other along said video signal lines and said scanning signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Saito, Shinya Niioka, Masayuki Jumonji, Hiroshi Tanabe, Masamichi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 8937614
    Abstract: A device, in which circuit size is small and operation is stable, comprises a plurality of serially connected unit registers (shift registers) in which transfer is controlled by any of three or more clock signals each having a different phase, and a setting signal which determines shift direction; and a selection circuit (switch array) which can select at least one clock signal from the three or more clock signals in accordance with the setting signal; wherein the unit registers are put in a reset state by one clock signal selected by the selection circuit, corresponding to each of the unit registers
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Otose, Masamichi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 8654056
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including two scanning circuits of the same configuration and layout, arranged on either sides of the display part. As long as one of the scanning circuits is in operation, the other scanning circuit is in a state in which no output signal is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Otose, Masamichi Shimoda