Patents by Inventor Naoki Tokuda

Naoki Tokuda 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).

  • Patent number: 10410580
    Abstract: The present invention overcomes image defects such as the brightness inclination or smears by reducing the line resistance of a power source bus line which supplies electricity to organic EL elements. A plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array is connected to power source lines, and the plurality of power source lines are connected to a power source bus line. Both ends of the power source bus line are connected to a power source part via a FPC. By supplying electricity to both ends of the power source bus line from the power source part, the line resistance of the power source bus line can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Tokuda, Hiroshi Kageyama, Masamitsu Furuie
  • Publication number: 20190187508
    Abstract: Provided is a display device having a flexible substrate including an active region and a wiring region. The active region possesses a plurality of pixels each including a display element. The wiring region has a plurality of terminals, and a plurality of wirings extends from the active region to the plurality of terminals. An insulating film included in the active region and extending from the active region has a sidewall between an edge of the flexible substrate and the wiring adjacent to the edge in the wiring region. The sidewall has a curved portion on a plane in which the plurality of wirings is arranged, and a distance between the edge and the curved portion is curvedly varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Naoki TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 10254574
    Abstract: Provided is a display device having a flexible substrate including an active region and a wiring region. The active region possesses a plurality of pixels each including a display element. The wiring region has a plurality of terminals, and a plurality of wirings extends from the active region to the plurality of terminals. An insulating film included in the active region and extending from the active region has a sidewall between an edge of the flexible substrate and the wiring adjacent to the edge in the wiring region. The sidewall has a curved portion on a plane in which the plurality of wirings is arranged, and a distance between the edge and the curved portion is curvedly varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10243173
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a light-emitting element over the first substrate, a sealing film over the light-emitting element, a first insulating layer over the sealing film, a second insulating layer over the sealing film, a light-shielding layer over the second insulating layer, and a second substrate over the light-shielding layer. The first insulating layer has an opening in a region thereof overlapping a light-emitting region of the light-emitting element. The second insulating layer has an inverted-conical or inverted-pyramidal depression above the light-emitting region of the light-emitting element. The light-shielding layer is located in a region overlapping the light-emitting region of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10223974
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a first wiring and a second extending in the first direction and a first insulating film, wherein the first insulating film is included between the first wiring and the second wiring, the first wiring and the second wiring include a part having elasticity, the first insulating film includes elasticity, and an interval between the first wiring and the second wiring changes as the flexible substrate stretches and contracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10062869
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light-emitting element including a light-emitting layer, an anode, and a cathode, the anode and the cathode interposing the light-emitting layer therebetween; a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element, at least an uppermost layer of the sealing layer being composed of a silicon nitride film; a first resin layer stacked on and in contact with the silicon nitride film; and a second resin layer stacked on and in contact with the first resin layer. A difference between refractive indices of the silicon nitride film and the first resin layer is less than 0.3. A difference between refractive indices of the first resin layer and the second resin layer is less than 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10033018
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate provided with a display region including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the plurality of pixels having a plurality of sub-pixels, and a second substrate provided with color filters and a light-shielding film, the color filters including transmission regions selectively transmitting lights of specific colors for the respective sub-pixels, the light-shielding film blocking light. The plurality of sub-pixels include a first sub-pixel provided with the transmission region that transmits light of a first color, and a second sub-pixel provided with the transmission region that transmits light of a second color having a luminosity factor lower than that of the light of the first color. A difference in area between a light-emitting region and the transmission region in the second sub-pixel is smaller than a difference in area between a light-emitting region and the transmission region in the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10026920
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a substrate on which a plurality of driver transistors are formed, a first wiring that supplies an electric voltage in accordance with a display image via one of the driver transistors, an organic EL film that emits light, an anode electrode, and an auxiliary electrode film including a first low resistance part, a second low resistance part separated from the first low resistance part, and a high resistance part disposed between the first low resistance part and the second low resistance part. The first low resistance part is electrically connected to the first wiring and the anode electrode. The second low resistance part forms an electrostatic capacitance between the anode electrode and itself. The high resistance part has an electric resistance higher than those of the first low resistance part and the second low resistance part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20180158893
    Abstract: Provided is a display device having a flexible substrate including an active region and a wiring region. The active region possesses a plurality of pixels each including a display element. The wiring region has a plurality of terminals, and a plurality of wirings extends from the active region to the plurality of terminals. An insulating film included in the active region and extending from the active region has a sidewall between an edge of the flexible substrate and the wiring adjacent to the edge in the wiring region. The sidewall has a curved portion on a plane in which the plurality of wirings is arranged, and a distance between the edge and the curved portion is curvedly varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20180145282
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate provided with a display region including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the plurality of pixels having a plurality of sub-pixels, and a second substrate provided with color filters and a light-shielding film, the color filters including transmission regions selectively transmitting lights of specific colors for the respective sub-pixels, the light-shielding film blocking light. The plurality of sub-pixels include a first sub-pixel provided with the transmission region that transmits light of a first color, and a second sub-pixel provided with the transmission region that transmits light of a second color having a luminosity factor lower than that of the light of the first color. A difference in area between a light-emitting region and the transmission region in the second sub-pixel is smaller than a difference in area between a light-emitting region and the transmission region in the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20180138458
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a light-emitting element over the first substrate, a sealing film over the light-emitting element, a first insulating layer over the sealing film, a second insulating layer over the sealing film, a light-shielding layer over the second insulating layer, and a second substrate over the light-shielding layer. The first insulating layer has an opening in a region thereof overlapping a light-emitting region of the light-emitting element. The second insulating layer has an inverted-conical or inverted-pyramidal depression above the light-emitting region of the light-emitting element. The light-shielding layer is located in a region overlapping the light-emitting region of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20180114491
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a first wiring and a second extending in the first direction and a first insulating film, wherein the first insulating film is included between the first wiring and the second wiring, the first wiring and the second wiring include a part having elasticity, the first insulating film includes elasticity, and an interval between the first wiring and the second wiring changes as the flexible substrate stretches and contracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Naoki TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 9954041
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display device includes a substrate; a thin film transistor that is formed on the substrate; a light emitting region that has a lower electrode, a light emitting layer, and an upper electrode formed for each of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape on the thin film transistor; and a contact hole that is formed on the outside of the light emitting region in one corner portion of the pixel and connects the thin film transistor and the lower electrode for each pixel in a plan view. Only one pair of pixels of four pixels that share an intersection point of boundaries of the pixels arranged in the matrix shape, which are arranged in a diagonal manner have the contact holes at the corner portions having the intersection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Tokuda, Mitsuhide Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20180102497
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a substrate on which a plurality of driver transistors are formed, a first wiring that supplies an electric voltage in accordance with a display image via one of the driver transistors, an organic EL film that emits light, an anode electrode, and an auxiliary electrode film including a first low resistance part, a second low resistance part separated from the first low resistance part, and a high resistance part disposed between the first low resistance part and the second low resistance part. The first low resistance part is electrically connected to the first wiring and the anode electrode. The second low resistance part forms an electrostatic capacitance between the anode electrode and itself. The high resistance part has an electric resistance higher than those of the first low resistance part and the second low resistance part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 9929224
    Abstract: A display device includes a circuit substrate that is formed of a plurality of layers stacked on each other and including a self-luminous element layer that emits light of controlled luminance from each of a plurality of unit pixels and a counter substrate that includes a light shielding layer that shields the light from the self-luminous element layer and so provided as to face the circuit substrate, and the light shielding layer has an opening so formed in an area shifted from an area facing the self-luminous element layer toward an edge of the counter substrate and along the edge of the counter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20180061924
    Abstract: An organic EL display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an ITO layer divided and disposed in a region where a pixel opening is formed; a capacitance insulating film disposed on the ITO layer; a lower electrode disposed on the capacitance insulating film; an organic layer disposed on the lower electrode; an upper electrode disposed on the organic layer; and a planarizing member disposed so as to soften a step of a step part of the lower electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 9893321
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate provided with a display region including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the plurality of pixels having a plurality of sub-pixels, and a second substrate provided with color filters and a light-shielding film, the color filters including transmission regions selectively transmitting lights of specific colors for the respective sub-pixels, the light-shielding film blocking light. The plurality of sub-pixels include a first sub-pixel provided with the transmission region that transmits light of a first color, and a second sub-pixel provided with the transmission region that transmits light of a second color having a luminosity factor lower than that of the light of the first color. A difference in area between a light-emitting region and the transmission region in the second sub-pixel is smaller than a difference in area between a light-emitting region and the transmission region in the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 9755181
    Abstract: A display device including a first substrate provided with a plurality of display elements, a second substrate provided facing the display element, a bonding material bonding the first substrate and second substrate, a first wall part provided over the second substrate side of the first substrate and enclosing a display region facing a position of the display element, a second wall part provided over the first substrate side of the second substrate and enclosing a structure body facing a position of the display element and a display region, the first wall part comprises the same material as at least part of the material constituting the display element, the second wall part is provided from the same material as at least part of the material constituting the structure body, and the first wall part and second wall part are in contact using the bonding material in the display region side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Odaka, Naoki Tokuda, Hiroshi Tabatake
  • Publication number: 20170250377
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate provided with a display region including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the plurality of pixels having a plurality of sub-pixels, and a second substrate provided with color filters and a light-shielding film, the color filters including transmission regions selectively transmitting lights of specific colors for the respective sub-pixels, the light-shielding film blocking light. The plurality of sub-pixels include a first sub-pixel provided with the transmission region that transmits light of a first color, and a second sub-pixel provided with the transmission region that transmits light of a second color having a luminosity factor lower than that of the light of the first color. A difference in area between a light-emitting region and the transmission region in the second sub-pixel is smaller than a difference in area between a light-emitting region and the transmission region in the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20170250374
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light-emitting element including a light-emitting layer, an anode, and a cathode, the anode and the cathode interposing the light-emitting layer therebetween; a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element, at least an uppermost layer of the sealing layer being composed of a silicon nitride film; a first resin layer stacked on and in contact with the silicon nitride film; and a second resin layer stacked on and in contact with the first resin layer. A difference between refractive indices of the silicon nitride film and the first resin layer is less than 0.3. A difference between refractive indices of the first resin layer and the second resin layer is less than 0.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki TOKUDA