Patents by Inventor Mitsutaka Okita

Mitsutaka Okita 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: 20230032546
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a liquid crystal layer held between a first substrate and a second substrate, a display region having a first region in which a plurality of pixels are provided, a non-display region provided in an island-like shape in the display region and having a second region, a first polarizer and a second polarizer that overlap the first region, and a third polarizer and a fourth polarizer that overlap the second region, wherein a transmission axis of the fourth polarizer and a transmission axis of the second polarizer form an angle other than 0° and other than 90° with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka OKITA
  • Patent number: 11516375
    Abstract: The display device includes a liquid crystal panel having pixels, and an imaging device arranged on a backside of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein in an imaging area of the liquid crystal display panel overlapping the imaging device, the pixels are controlled so that black display pixels and white display pixels are alternately lined up in a row direction according to an operation of the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kojima, Mitsutaka Okita, Daiichi Suzuki, Emi Higano, Shigesumi Araki
  • Patent number: 11493801
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a liquid crystal layer held between a first substrate and a second substrate, a display region having a first region in which a plurality of pixels are provided, a non-display region provided in an island-like shape in the display region and having a second region, a first polarizer and a second polarizer that overlap the first region, and a third polarizer and a fourth polarizer that overlap the second region, wherein a transmission axis of the fourth polarizer and a transmission axis of the second polarizer form an angle other than 0° and other than 90° with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Okita
  • Patent number: 11460733
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a first A spacer, a second A spacer, a third A spacer and a fourth A spacer. The first A spacer and the third A spacer are on a first substrate. The second A spacer and the fourth A spacer are on a second substrate. At least one of the first and second substrates is a flexible substrate. The first A spacer and the second A spacer are aligned in a first direction. The third A spacer and the fourth A spacer are aligned in a second direction. Side surfaces of the first A spacer and the second A spacer face in the first direction. Side surfaces of the third A spacer and the fourth A spacer face in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Okita
  • Patent number: 11442304
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a display region disposed with a plurality of pixels, an image sensor disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal display panel and imaging the front direction through the liquid crystal display panel, and a lighting unit disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the image sensor. The image sensor is disposed in a region overlapping the display region, and the lighting unit includes an optical modulation element disposed to overlap the display region and a light source for lighting the optical modulation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Okita
  • Patent number: 11391985
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side with respect to the first surface, a second surface having a third surface opposite the first surface and a fourth surface on the opposite side with respect to the third surface, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the display device includes a first region and a second region in a plan view, the first substrate includes a first polarizer provided on the second surface and a second polarizer being overlapped with the second region and being laminated with the first polarizer, and the second substrate includes a third polarizer provided on the fourth surface and a fourth polarizer being overlapped with the second region and being laminated with the third polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Okita, Shinichi Komura
  • Publication number: 20220171236
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a liquid crystal layer held between a first substrate and a second substrate, a display region having a first region in which a plurality of pixels are provided, a non-display region provided in an island-like shape in the display region and having a second region, a first polarizer and a second polarizer that overlap the first region, and a third polarizer and a fourth polarizer that overlap the second region, wherein a transmission axis of the fourth polarizer and a transmission axis of the second polarizer form an angle other than 0° and other than 90° with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka OKITA
  • Patent number: 11340493
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer over the array substrate, a counter substrate over the liquid crystal layer, a first resin film located under the array substrate and having a first opening overlapping with the liquid crystal layer, a first wavelength plate in the first opening, and a first linear polarizing plate located under and overlapping with the first resin film and the first wavelength plate. The first resin film may be in contact with or spaced apart from the first wavelength plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kojima, Mitsutaka Okita
  • Publication number: 20220075233
    Abstract: A display device comprises a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels and an imaging device arranged on a back side of the liquid crystal panel. The imaging device has an imaging region overlaps with the imaging device and the other region other than the imaging region in a plan view. A plurality of linear electrodes is arranged separately from each other in the imaging region. Among the plurality of linear electrodes, a first pair of linear electrodes are separated by a first interval and a second pair of linear electrodes are separated by a second interval different from the first interval in a plan view. The first pair of linear electrodes and the second pair of linear electrodes are irregularly arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KOJIMA, Mitsutaka OKITA
  • Publication number: 20220037785
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of driving a phased array antenna, includes applying voltages to phase control electrodes in a first period such that radio waves to be emitted from antennas are in a same phase in a first emission direction, and applying the voltages to the phase control electrodes in a second period such that the radio waves to be emitted from the antennas are held in the same phase in the first emission direction. An absolute value of the voltage applied in the second period is different from an absolute value of the voltage applied in the first period, in each of the phase control electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka OKITA
  • Publication number: 20210409584
    Abstract: The display device includes a liquid crystal panel having pixels, and an imaging device arranged on a backside of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein in an imaging area of the liquid crystal display panel overlapping the imaging device, the pixels are controlled so that black display pixels and white display pixels are alternately lined up in a row direction according to an operation of the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KOJIMA, Mitsutaka OKITA, Daiichi SUZUKI, Emi HIGANO, Shigesumi ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20210408681
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a strip conductor layer, a radiation conductor layer continuous from the strip conductor layer, a ground conductor layer facing the strip conductor layer and the radiation conductor layer, a liquid crystal layer between the strip conductor layer and the ground conductor layer, and the radiation conductor layer and the ground conductor layer, and an alignment film between the strip conductor layer and the liquid crystal layer, and the radiation conductor layer and the liquid crystal layer. The alignment film includes a first region overlapping the strip conductor layer and a second region overlapping the radiation conductor layer, and the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer in the first region is different from the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daiichi SUZUKI, Mitsutaka OKITA, Emi HIGANO
  • Patent number: 11209703
    Abstract: A display device comprises a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels and an imaging device arranged on a back side of the liquid crystal panel. The imaging device has an imaging region overlaps with the imaging device and the other region other than the imaging region in a plan view. A plurality of linear electrodes is arranged separately from each other in the imaging region. Among the plurality of linear electrodes, a first pair of linear electrodes are separated by a first interval and a second pair of linear electrodes are separated by a second interval different from the first interval in a plan view. The first pair of linear electrodes and the second pair of linear electrodes are irregularly arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kojima, Mitsutaka Okita
  • Publication number: 20210341779
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a display region disposed with a plurality of pixels, an image sensor disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal display panel and imaging the front direction through the liquid crystal display panel, and a lighting unit disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the image sensor. The image sensor is disposed in a region overlapping the display region, and the lighting unit includes an optical modulation element disposed to overlap the display region and a light source for lighting the optical modulation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka OKITA
  • Publication number: 20210311357
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side with respect to the first surface, a second surface having a third surface opposite the first surface and a fourth surface on the opposite side with respect to the third surface, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the display device includes a first region and a second region in a plan view, the first substrate includes a first polarizer provided on the second surface and a second polarizer being overlapped with the second region and being laminated with the first polarizer, and the second substrate includes a third polarizer provided on the fourth surface and a fourth polarizer being overlapped with the second region and being laminated with the third polarizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka OKITA, Shinichi KOMURA
  • Publication number: 20210311353
    Abstract: A display device includes a light shielding layer being on a first substrate, the light shielding layer having an opening; a first region including a first light transmitting portion having a first color material, a second light transmitting portion having a second coloring material, and a third light transmitting portion having a third color material; a second region being surrounded by the first region on the first substrate, the second region including a height adjusting member being in the opening of the light shielding layer; a resin layer being on the first light transmitting portion, the second light transmitting portion, the third light transmitting portion, and the height adjusting member; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer being between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka OKITA
  • Publication number: 20210232001
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer over the array substrate, a counter substrate over the liquid crystal layer, a first resin film located under the array substrate and having a first opening overlapping with the liquid crystal layer, a first wavelength plate in the first opening, and a first linear polarizing plate located under and overlapping with the first resin film and the first wavelength plate. The first resin film may be in contact with or spaced apart from the first wavelength plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kojima, Mitsutaka Okita
  • Publication number: 20210072604
    Abstract: A display device comprises a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels and an imaging device arranged on a back side of the liquid crystal panel. The imaging device has an imaging region overlaps with the imaging device and the other region other than the imaging region in a plan view. A plurality of linear electrodes is arranged separately from each other in the imaging region. Among the plurality of linear electrodes, a first pair of linear electrodes are separated by a first interval and a second pair of linear electrodes are separated by a second interval different from the first interval in a plan view. The first pair of linear electrodes and the second pair of linear electrodes are irregularly arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KOJIMA, Mitsutaka OKITA
  • Publication number: 20210065638
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes scanning lines, a first signal line crossing the scanning lines, a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first signal line, and a common electrode opposed to the first pixel electrode. In a frame period having a writing period where the scanning lines are sequentially selected and a holding period where the scanning lines are in an unselected state, polarity of a potential of the first signal line is first polarity in the writing period, and is reversed to second polarity different from the first polarity midway through the holding period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka OKITA
  • Publication number: 20210026172
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a first A spacer, a second A spacer, a third A spacer and a fourth A spacer. The first A spacer and the third A spacer are on a first substrate. The second A spacer and the fourth A spacer are on a second substrate. At least one of the first and second substrates is a flexible substrate. The first A spacer and the second A spacer are aligned in a first direction. The third A spacer and the fourth A spacer are aligned in a second direction. Side surfaces of the first A spacer and the second A spacer face in the first direction. Side surfaces of the third A spacer and the fourth A spacer face in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka OKITA