Patents by Inventor Naoki Shiobara
Naoki Shiobara 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).
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Patent number: 12165595Abstract: A first pixel electrode electrically connected to a first transistor, a second pixel electrode electrically connected to a second transistor, a first light-emitting layer formed over the first pixel electrode and overlapping the first pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer formed over the second pixel electrode and overlapping the second pixel electrode are provided, the first light-emitting layer includes a quantum-dot light-emitting that emits light of a first color, and the second light-emitting layer includes an organic light-emitting layer that emits light of a second color different from the first color.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Ueno, Naoki Shiobara
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Patent number: 12154468Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a temperature sensor, a characteristics measuring unit, a correction value computation unit, a correction processing unit, and a display control unit. A plurality of pixel circuits include, as an element, a light-emitting element; and a drive transistor configured to control an electric current that flows in the light-emitting element. The characteristics measuring unit obtains the measurement value when the temperature is in a predetermined temperature range and does not obtain the measurement value when the temperature is out of the temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Shiobara, Masafumi Ueno, Masaaki Moriya, Masafumi Kawai, Mohammad Reza Kazemi
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Publication number: 20240221551Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a temperature sensor, a characteristics measuring unit, a correction value computation unit, a correction processing unit, and a display control unit. A plurality of pixel circuits include, as an element, a light-emitting element; and a drive transistor configured to control an electric current that flows in the light-emitting element. The characteristics measuring unit obtains the measurement value when the temperature is in a predetermined temperature range and does not obtain the measurement value when the temperature is out of the temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: NAOKI SHIOBARA, MASAFUMI UENO, MASAAKI MORIYA, Masafumi KAWAI, Mohammad Reza KAZEMI
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Publication number: 20240203341Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a group of pixels; a control unit configured to execute deterioration monitoring for detecting a decrease in luminous efficiency of the group of pixels and first high-speed monitoring for determining whether to execute the deterioration monitoring, the first high-speed monitoring being executed at a faster speed than the deterioration monitoring; and a storage unit configured to store reference data specifying an acceptable range for executing the deterioration monitoring. The control unit executes the deterioration monitoring in a case where a first high-speed monitoring measurement value obtained by the first high-speed monitoring is within the acceptable range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Mohammad Reza KAZEMI, MASAFUMI UENO, MASAAKI MORIYA, NAOKI SHIOBARA, Masafumi KAWAI, HIROYUKI FURUKAWA
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Publication number: 20230419909Abstract: A first pixel electrode electrically connected to a first transistor, a second pixel electrode electrically connected to a second transistor, a first light-emitting layer formed over the first pixel electrode and overlapping the first pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer formed over the second pixel electrode and overlapping the second pixel electrode are provided, the first light-emitting layer includes a quantum-dot light-emitting that emits light of a first color, and the second light-emitting layer includes an organic light-emitting layer that emits light of a second color different from the first color.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: MASAFUMI UENO, NAOKI SHIOBARA
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Patent number: 11854478Abstract: The present application discloses a current-driven display device that can perform accurate external compensation in consideration of a temperature distribution in a display panel while preventing the configuration from being complicated. A display portion of an organic EL display device is provided with a plurality of temperature detection circuits in addition to pixel circuits arranged in a matrix. A data-side drive circuit measures a current flowing through a transistor in each temperature detection circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki Moriya, Masafumi Ueno, Naoki Shiobara
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Patent number: 11804182Abstract: A first pixel electrode electrically connected to a first transistor, a second pixel electrode electrically connected to a second transistor, a first light-emitting layer formed over the first pixel electrode and overlapping the first pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer formed over the second pixel electrode and overlapping the second pixel electrode are provided, the first light-emitting layer includes a quantum-dot light-emitting that emits light of a first color, and the second light-emitting layer includes an organic light-emitting layer that emits light of a second color different from the first color.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Ueno, Naoki Shiobara
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Publication number: 20230063949Abstract: A first pixel electrode electrically connected to a first transistor, a second pixel electrode electrically connected to a second transistor, a first light-emitting layer formed over the first pixel electrode and overlapping the first pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer formed over the second pixel electrode and overlapping the second pixel electrode are provided, the first light-emitting layer includes a quantum-dot light-emitting that emits light of a first color, and the second light-emitting layer includes an organic light-emitting layer that emits light of a second color different from the first color.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: MASAFUMI UENO, NAOKI SHIOBARA
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Publication number: 20230050781Abstract: A display device includes a substrate with a display area and a bending area; and a luminance sensor. The display area and the bending area each include a pixel circuit including a light-emitting element that is self-luminous. The bending area is bent from the display area. The luminance sensor measures luminance of the light-emitting element in the bending area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: MASAFUMI UENO, MASAAKI MORIYA, NAOKI SHIOBARA, Masafumi KAWAI
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Patent number: 11417274Abstract: A display device according to the disclosure includes a display unit including a plurality of electro-optical elements as display elements, luminance and transmittance of which are controlled by a current, a luminance measurement unit configured to measure luminance of the display elements of the display unit in a blocked state, and a correction value arithmetic operation unit configured to compensate a data signal provided to each of pixels of the display elements on the basis of a measurement result obtained by the luminance measurement unit. This enables accurate compensation in units of pixels.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Ueno, Masaaki Moriya, Naoki Shiobara
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Publication number: 20220215802Abstract: The present application discloses a current-driven display device that can perform accurate external compensation in consideration of a temperature distribution in a display panel while preventing the configuration from being complicated. A display portion of an organic EL display device is provided with a plurality of temperature detection circuits in addition to pixel circuits arranged in a matrix. A data-side drive circuit measures a current flowing through a transistor in each temperature detection circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: MASAAKI MORIYA, MASAFUMI UENO, NAOKI SHIOBARA
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Publication number: 20220052128Abstract: A display device includes a display panel provided with a display region including a plurality of self light-emitting elements, a light-transmitting protective member that covers a surface of the display panel, a housing that houses the display panel and the protective member, and a luminance sensor provided so as not to overlap with the display region. A portion of light from the self light-emitting element positioned inside the display region and adjacent to the luminance sensor is guided to the luminance sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: MASAFUMI UENO, MASAAKI MORIYA, NAOKI SHIOBARA
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Patent number: 11138823Abstract: An information processing device includes a display control unit that, when at least one NFC antenna has performed close-range wireless communication, effects a display of a communication prompter image that indicates the position of an NFC antenna which is different from the at least one NFC antenna and that prompts for close-range wireless communication with the different NFC antenna.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Ueno, Naoki Shiobara, Masaaki Moriya
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Patent number: 11133582Abstract: The present disclosure improves the speed at which communication is started by an antenna that is to carry out communication from among a plurality of antennas for near field communication. An information processing device (10) is provided with a touch panel (120), a plurality of NFC antennas (110), and a control unit (130) for controlling the NFC antennas, and starts driving a drive target antenna which is one or more NFC antennas that correspond to a contact position or proximity position of an object detected by the touch panel, from among the plurality of NFC antennas.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Ueno, Naoki Shiobara, Masaaki Moriya
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Publication number: 20210144628Abstract: Notification of a situation in which communication with another terminal is not possible is expressly given to a user. A display apparatus (1) includes an NFC communication unit (112), an NFC controller (13) configured to detect a mobile apparatus (100), a communication mode determination unit (142) configured to determine, when the mobile terminal is detected, whether or not communication with the mobile apparatus based on a P2P mode via an NFC communication unit is possible, and a notification control unit (144) configured to notify that the communication is not possible when it is determined that the communication is not possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: MASAAKI MORIYA, MASAFUMI UENO, NAOKI SHIOBARA
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Publication number: 20210125450Abstract: An information processing device includes a display control unit that, when at least one NFC antenna has performed close-range wireless communication, effects a display of a communication prompter image that indicates the position of an NFC antenna which is different from the at least one NFC antenna and that prompts for close-range wireless communication with the different NFC antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: MASAFUMI UENO, NAOKI SHIOBARA, MASAAKI MORIYA
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Publication number: 20210012715Abstract: A display device according to the disclosure includes a display unit including a plurality of electro-optical elements as display elements, luminance and transmittance of which are controlled by a current, a luminance measurement unit configured to measure luminance of the display elements of the display unit in a blocked state, and a correction value arithmetic operation unit configured to compensate a data signal provided to each of pixels of the display elements on the basis of a measurement result obtained by the luminance measurement unit. This enables accurate compensation in units of pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: MASAFUMI UENO, MASAAKI MORIYA, NAOKI SHIOBARA
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Patent number: 10812146Abstract: An unwanted process is prevented from being performed due to near field communication based on a process performed via an antenna which is not intended by a user. An information processing apparatus (1) includes a communication antenna determination unit (22) configured to, when a proximity state of an NFC terminal (10) to an NFC antenna (12) continues, determines that the NFC antenna (12) is an NFC antenna (12) that performs near field communication for executing a prescribed process.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Ueno, Naoki Shiobara, Masaaki Moriya
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Publication number: 20200249835Abstract: An information processing device capable of automatically adjusting the size of a work area and the like is provided. An information processing device (1) includes a display device (10) including a screen configured to display a work area, an NFC unit (112) superimposed on the screen, a terminal information acquisition unit (211) configured to acquire terminal information about a terminal device, a positional information acquisition unit (212) configured to acquire positional information about an NFC antenna (114) used for acquiring the terminal information, and a work area setting unit (213) configured to set the work area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: MASAFUMI UENO, NAOKI SHIOBARA
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Publication number: 20200249801Abstract: An association between each input area and processing can be made preferable for a user. A client device (1) includes an analysis unit (45) configured to analyze an execution log of near field radio communication performed by an operator using any of NFC antennas (121) to determine a preferred association between each of the NFC antennas (121) and the processing based on the prescribed rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: NAOKI SHIOBARA, MASAFUMI UENO