Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Asano

Mitsuru Asano 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: 20110248906
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including, a pixel array section including a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed in rows and columns of a matrix and each including a light emitting portion, a plurality of signal lines disposed individually for the pixel columns of the matrix array of the pixel circuits and connected to the pixel circuits belonging to the pixel columns, and a selector circuit for distributing display signals given thereto in a time series from an input signal line time-divisionally to the signal lines, the pixel array section has, in regard to any of combinations of those two signal lines which are individually connected to the pixel circuits which belong to those two pixel columns which neighbor with each other, a first wiring region, and a second wiring region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Asano
  • Publication number: 20110095299
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device, including: a substrate; a circuit part configured to include a drive element formed over the substrate; a planarization insulating layer configured to be formed on the circuit part; an electrically-conductive layer configured to be formed on the planarization insulating layer and include a plurality of first electrodes and an auxiliary interconnect; an aperture-defining insulating layer configured to insulate the plurality of first electrodes from each other and have an aperture through which part of the first electrode is exposed; a plurality of light emitting elements configured to be formed by stacking the first electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode in that order; and a separator configured to be formed by removing the planarization insulating layer at a position surrounding a display area in which the plurality of light emitting elements connected to the drive element are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Tsuji, Toshiki Matsumoto, Hirofumi Fujioka, Mitsuru Asano, Hiroshi Sagawa, Kiwamu Miura
  • Publication number: 20110032238
    Abstract: A display device having at least a plurality of pixel circuits, connected to signal lines to which data signals in accordance with luminance information are supplied, arranged in a matrix, wherein pixel circuits of odd number columns and even number columns adjacent sandwiching an axis in a column direction parallel to an arrangement direction of the signal lines have a mirror type circuit arrangement symmetric about the axis of the column direction, and there are lines different from the signal lines between signal lines of adjacent pixel circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Asano
  • Patent number: 7868859
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a self-luminous display device including: pixel circuits; and a drive circuit, wherein each of the pixel circuits includes a light-emitting diode, a drive transistor connected to a drive current path of the light-emitting diode, and a holding capacitor coupled to a control node of the drive transistor, during a period in which at least actual threshold voltage and mobility corrections are performed on the drive transistor before the light-emitting diode can emit light, the drive circuit performs a preliminary threshold voltage correction of the drive transistor, i.e., a dummy Vth correction, with the light-emitting diode in a non-light emitting state, the drive circuit next performs a correction preparation for a constant period by reverse-biasing the light-emitting diode and initializing the voltage held by the holding capacitor, and the drive circuit performs the actual threshold voltage correction and mobility correction after the correction preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Tomida, Mitsuru Asano
  • Patent number: 7859495
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed an image display apparatus, including a pixel array section, and a peripheral circuit section. The pixel array section has a plurality of scanning lines extending along rows, a plurality of signal lines extending along columns, and a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix at locations at which the scanning lines and the signal lines intersect with each other. The peripheral circuit section has a scanner and a driver. Each of the pixels contains a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, a switching transistor, and a light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Asano, Junichi Yamashita, Akira Yumoto, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 7830342
    Abstract: A pixel circuit is disclosed. The pixel circuit includes, at least a drive transistor; an input transistor; a first switching transistor; a second switching transistor; a retention capacity; and an electro-optic device. The retention capacity is connected, at both ends, to a gate node and a source node, respectively, of the drive transistor. The electro-optic device has rectification properties, and is determined in intensity by a value of a drive current coming from the drive transistor whose source node is connected to an anode thereof. The input transistor is connected, at one current end, to the gate node of the drive transistor, and samples a video signal to the retention capacity during a predetermined sampling period. The first switching transistor is turned on before the sampling period, and connects the gate node of the drive transistor at a predetermined reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Mutsukura, Mitsuru Asano, Seiichiro Jinta, Masatsugu Tomida
  • Patent number: 7825880
    Abstract: A pixel circuit is disposed where a scan line arranged in a row direction to supply a control signal and a data line arranged in a column direction to supply a video signal intersect each other. The pixel circuit includes: a sampling transistor; a drive transistor; a capacitor connected between the current path end of the sampling transistor and the gate of the drive transistor; and a light-emitting device connected to the current path end of the drive transistor. The pixel circuit connects the mobility with negative feedback during a mobility connection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yumoto, Mitsuru Asano, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 7821525
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device including a pixel array unit, a first power supply line, and a second power supply line. The pixel array unit is formed by two-dimensionally arranging pixel circuits each including an electrooptic element determining display luminance and a driving circuit for driving the electrooptic element in a form of a matrix. The first power supply line is for supplying a first power supply potential to the pixel circuits. The first power supply line is arranged along a direction of pixel arrangement of a pixel column in the pixel array unit. The second power supply line is for supplying a second power supply potential to the pixel circuits. The second power supply line isw arranged along the direction of the pixel arrangement of the pixel column in the pixel array unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Asano, Seiichiro Jinta, Hiroshi Fujimura, Masatsugu Tomida
  • Patent number: 7804469
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a pixel array section and dependence cancellation means. The pixel array section wherein a plurality of pixel circuits each including an electro-optical element, a driving transistor configured to drive said electro-optical element, a sampling transistor configured to sample and write an input signal voltage and a capacitor configured to hold a gate-source voltage of said driving transistor within a display period are disposed in a matrix. The dependence cancellation means for negatively feeding back, within a correction period before said electro-optical element emits light in a state wherein the input signal voltage is written by said sampling transistor, drain-source current of said driving transistor to the gate input side of said driving transistor to cancel the dependence of the drain-source current of said driving transistor on the mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Asano
  • Patent number: 7800563
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a pixel array section wherein a plurality of pixel circuits each including an electro-optical element, a driving transistor, a sampling transistor and a capacitor are disposed in a matrix; a dependence cancellation section configured to negatively feed back, within a correction period before said electro-optical element emits light in a state wherein the image signal is written by said sampling transistor, drain-source current of said driving transistor to the gate input side of said driving transistor to cancel the dependence of the drain-source current of said driving transistor on the mobility; and a scanning section configured to use an AC power supply as a power supply to a last stage buffer of an output circuit to produce a scanning signal which defines the correction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Asano, Hiroshi Fujimura, Seiichiro Jinta, Masatsugu Tomida
  • Patent number: 7800561
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus, including: a plurality of scanning lines extending along rows and configured to successively supply a control signal in synchronism with a horizontal period in order to perform line-sequential scanning over one field; a plurality of signal lines extending along columns and configured to supply an image signal in accordance with the line-sequential scanning; and a plurality of pixel circuits disposed at locations at which the scanning lines and the signal lines intersect with each other and configured to form a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Asano
  • Patent number: 7800562
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, basic reference voltages VRT, VRB, VR, VG, and VB are divided by resistors to produce plural reference voltages V0 to V15, and voltages are selected from these plural reference voltages V0 to V15 for digital-analog conversion processing of image data DR, DG, and DB. At least the basic reference voltage VRB for the black level is shared by the respective color data DR, DG, and DB. The basic reference voltages VR, VG, and VB for setting of an intermediate grayscale closer to the black level can be varied individually for each of the color data DR, DG, and DB. When this embodiment is applied to a display device employing current-driven light-emitting elements such as organic EL elements, contrast deterioration due to floating black and sinking black can be prevented with a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Asano
  • Publication number: 20100176400
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel array unit having pixels including a circuit configuration, in which a first electrode of an electro-optical element and a source electrode of a driving transistor are connected together, a gate electrode of the driving transistor and a source electrode or a drain electrode of a writing transistor are connected together, a holding capacitor is connected between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor, and an auxiliary capacitor is connected between the first electrode and a second electrode of the electro-optical element, disposed on a substrate in a matrix shape, wherein, from one pixel of adjacent pixels to an area of the other pixel, the auxiliary capacitor of the one pixel is set to be disposed, and an electrode of the auxiliary capacitor that is disposed on the electro-optical element side is conductive with the second electrode of the electro-optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Asano, Yukihito Iida
  • Publication number: 20100149075
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array unit having a matrix of pixels each configured such that an anode electrode of an organic electroluminescent element is connected to a source electrode of a drive transistor, a gate electrode of the drive transistor is connected to a source or drain electrode of a writing transistor, and a storage capacitor is connected between the gate and source electrodes of the drive transistor, scanning lines and power supply lines for individual pixel rows, and signal lines for individual pixel columns. A video signal reference potential is supplied to the signal lines for a period during which a scanning signal is supplied to the scanning lines during driving of pixels in a preceding row. During threshold correction for the drive transistor in a current pixel, the video signal reference potential and a potential of the cathode electrode of the organic electroluminescent element are equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihito Iida, Mitsuru Asano, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Publication number: 20100149077
    Abstract: An image display panel includes: a lower substrate; self-light emitting elements for image display that are arranged on the lower substrate in a matrix shape and form an image display unit; a self-light emitting element for monitoring that is arranged on the lower substrate and emits monitoring light for the image display unit; and an upper substrate that holds the self-light emitting elements for image display and the self-light emitting element for monitoring in conjunction with the lower substrate, wherein the self-light emitting elements for image display emit emission light to the lower substrate side or the upper substrate side, and the self-light emitting element for monitoring emits the monitoring light to at least the upper substrate side or the lower substrate side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuru Asano
  • Publication number: 20100149166
    Abstract: A display includes a pixel array section having pixels in a matrix, each pixel including an electro-optical device, a writing transistor writing a video signal, a storage capacitor retaining the video signal, and a driving transistor driving the electro-optical device based upon the video signal; scan lines for respective rows of the unit providing a scanning signal to the writing transistor; power supply lines for respective rows of the unit selectively providing a first potential and a second potential, lower than the first potential, to a drain electrode of the driving transistor; and signal lines for respective columns of the unit selectively providing the video signal and a video signal reference potential to the writing transistor; wherein a potential setting period is provided from when the pixels are turned off until the first potential is provided to the power supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihito Iida, Mitsuru Asano, Takayuki Taneda
  • Publication number: 20100141626
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array unit including pixels arranged in a matrix, the pixels each including an electrooptical element, a writing transistor for writing an image signal, a storage capacitor for storing the image signal, and a driving transistor for driving the electrooptical element in accordance with the image signal, the pixels each having a threshold correction process function for, before light emission of the electrooptical element, changing a source potential of the driving transistor to a potential obtained by subtracting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor from an initial gate potential of the driving transistor; and a power supply unit configured to set, as a power supply potential of a power supply line for supplying a current to the driving transistor, different potential values for a threshold correction period for execution of the threshold correction process and a light-emission period for the electrooptical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Tomida, Mitsuru Asano
  • Publication number: 20090315814
    Abstract: A self-light emitting display unit capable of improving manufacturing yield is provided. Sizes of color pixel circuits corresponding to pixels for R, G, and B are respectively set unevenly within a pixel circuit according to a magnitude ratio of drive currents which allow color self-light emitting elements in the pixel to emit with a same light emission luminance. Thereby, the pattern densities of color pixel circuits respectively corresponding to the pixels for R, G, and B become even to each other, and the pattern defect rate as the whole pixel circuit is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Tomida, Mitsuru Asano
  • Publication number: 20090278834
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a pixel matrix section including pixel circuits laid out to form a pixel matrix to serve as pixel circuits each having an electro optical device, a signal writing transistor, a signal storage capacitor, and a device driving transistor, and a power-supply section configured to change a power-supply electric potential appearing on a power-supply line for providing a driving current flowing to the device driving transistor from one level to another in order to control transitions from a light emission period of the electro optical device to a no-light emission period of the electro optical device and vice versa, and stopping an operation to assert the power-supply electric potential on the power-supply line during a portion of the no-light emission period of the electro optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Tomida, Mitsuru Asano
  • Publication number: 20090278833
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a pixel matrix section including pixel circuits laid out to form a pixel matrix to serve as pixel circuits each having an electro optical device, a signal writing transistor, a signal storage capacitor, and a device driving transistor, and a power-supply section configured to change a power-supply electric potential appearing on a power-supply line for providing a driving current flowing to the device driving transistor from one level to another in order to control transitions from a light emission period of the electro optical device to a no-light emission period of the electro optical device and vice versa, and stopping an operation to assert the power-supply electric potential on the power-supply line during a portion of the no-light emission period of the electro optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Tomida, Mitsuru Asano