Patents by Inventor Satoshi Yatabe

Satoshi Yatabe 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: 11378830
    Abstract: A projection-type display device includes a liquid crystal device, a transmittance measuring device configured to measure a transmittance of a liquid crystal panel, and a cooling device. After a result of measurement of the transmittance by the transmittance measuring device changes by 10% relative to a default value, a control unit controls the cooling device to raise temperatures of a liquid crystal layer to be not less than 60° C. and not more than a nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature Tni-20° C. This makes it possible to efficiently sweep impurities from a display region to the outside of the display region without heating the liquid crystal layer more than necessary. In addition, a liquid crystal volume ratio V1/V2 of a liquid crystal device for blue among a plurality of liquid crystal devices is greater than that of the other liquid crystal panels, where V1 is a volume of liquid crystal at the inner side of a seal material, and V2 is a volume of the liquid crystal layer in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Tomikawa, Nobutaka Tanaka, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 10867567
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes, peripheral electrodes including three electrodes for ion trapping, and a transistor coupled to each of the three electrodes. A common signal (COM signal) that varies between a first potential and a second potential in a first period is applied to a counter electrode. A driving signal that varies between a third potential and a fourth potential is input to the transistor. The driving signal is coupled to or uncoupled from the peripheral electrodes by the transistor in a unit of a duration equal to or less than ½ of the first period. AC signals varying between a positive-polarity potential and a negative-polarity potential, with a potential of the common signal being a reference, in a second period longer than the first period, are applied to the three electrodes of the peripheral electrodes, in a state where phases of the AC signals are shifted mutually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yatabe, Naoki Tomikawa
  • Patent number: 10657914
    Abstract: A driving method for a liquid crystal apparatus of the invention wherein at least a counter electrode of a plurality of pixel electrodes and the counter electrode is covered with an insulating film, the method including applying an alternating current voltage to a plurality of pixels, the alternating current voltage being set in a manner that first regions in which a center potential VC1 is offset to a high potential side and second regions in which a center potential VC2 is offset to a low potential side, with reference to a counter electrode potential Vcom applied to the counter electrode, are alternately arranged in a plane of a display region in which the plurality of pixels are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 9607563
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device supplies an active scan signal to each scan line while skipping a portion of a plurality of the scan lines, per one horizontal scan period, in a direction of the m-th to the first scan lines, by a first scan line drive circuit, and supplies the active scan signal to each scan line while skipping the portion of the plurality of the scan lines, per one horizontal scan period, in a direction of the m+1-th to the 2m-th scan lines, by a second scan line drive circuit. Therefore, the liquid crystal display device synchronizes with a timing of supplying the active signal with the first scan line drive circuit and the second scan line drive circuit, and supplies a data signal whose polarity is inverted to a positive polarity potential and a negative polarity potential per one horizontal scan period, to a data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yatabe, Kazuhisa Mizusako, Nariya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9343013
    Abstract: Provided is a method of driving a pixel circuit including a light emitting element and a driving transistor which are connected in series to each other, and a storage capacitor disposed between a path between the light emitting element and the driving transistor and a gate of the driving transistor, the method including the steps of: supplying a driving signal to a gate of the driving transistor; and changing the potential of the driving signal over time so that the time rate of change of the potential of the driving signal at the point in time when the supply of the driving signal stops becomes the time rate of change corresponding to a specified gradation of the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 9286840
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device supplies an active scan signal to each scan line while skipping a portion of a plurality of the scan lines, per one horizontal scan period, in a direction of the m-th to the first scan lines, by a first scan line drive circuit, and supplies the active scan signal to each scan line while skipping the portion of the plurality of the scan lines, per one horizontal scan period, in a direction of the m+1-th to the 2m-th scan lines, by a second scan line drive circuit. Therefore, the liquid crystal display device synchronizes with a timing of supplying the active signal with the first scan line drive circuit and the second scan line drive circuit, and supplies a data signal whose polarity is inverted to a positive polarity potential and a negative polarity potential per one horizontal scan period, to a data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yatabe, Kazuhisa Mizusako, Nariya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9117399
    Abstract: There is provided a method of driving a pixel circuit that includes a light emitting element; a driving transistor that is connected to the light emitting element in series; and a storage capacitor that is interposed between a gate of the driving transistor and a path, which is formed between the light emitting element and the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 9019326
    Abstract: A drive circuit is configured to, during a first period, sequentially select each of pairs of odd-number-th and even-number-th scanning lines and write an off electric potential into pixels corresponding the selected scanning lines; during a second period, sequentially select each of pairs of odd-number-th and even-number-th scanning lines and write gray-scale electric potentials in accordance with the selected odd-number-th scanning line into pixels corresponding to the selected odd-number-th and even-number-th scanning lines; and during a third period, sequentially select each of even-number-th scanning lines and write gray-scale electric potentials in accordance with the selected even-number-th scanning line into pixels corresponding to the selected scanning line. A common electric potential supply circuit reverses the polarity of a common electric potential during a polarity reverse period between the first period and the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 8754880
    Abstract: Provided is a method of driving a pixel circuit including a light emitting element and a driving transistor which are connected in series to each other, and a storage capacitor disposed between a path between the light emitting element and the driving transistor and a gate of the driving transistor, the method including the steps of: supplying a driving signal to a gate of the driving transistor; and changing the potential of the driving signal over time so that the time rate of change of the potential of the driving signal at the point in time when the supply of the driving signal stops becomes the time rate of change corresponding to a specified gradation of the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 8643576
    Abstract: A method of driving a plurality of pixel circuits. The pixel circuits are disposed corresponding to intersections between a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines. Each of the pixel circuits includes: a light emitting element; a driving transistor; a holding capacitor; and a selection switch electrically interconnecting the signal line and the gate of the driving transistor at the time of the selection of the scanning line. The method includes: supplying a gradation potential to each signal line during a first period, selecting the scanning line during a second period, and supplying the gradation potential to the gate of the driving transistor; controlling the driving transistor of each of the pixel circuits to be in an ON state, supplying a reference potential to the gate of the corresponding driving transistor, and executing a first compensation operation and supplying driving current to the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 8624880
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus where each pixel circuit is provided with the reset transistor, which is disposed between the node of the pixel circuit and the first feed line corresponding to the adjacent pixel circuit in the second direction as viewed from the pixel circuit. In addition, in the initialization period before the selection period, in which the scan line corresponding to the pixel circuit is selected, and in the compensation period, the reset transistor of the pixel circuit is set to the ON state, and the values of the power supply voltages output to the first feed line corresponding to the pixel circuit and the first feed line corresponding to the adjacent pixel circuit in the second direction as viewed from the pixel circuit are variably controlled, so that the initialization or compensation operation of the pixel circuit is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 8599222
    Abstract: There is provided a method of driving a pixel circuit that includes a light emitting element; a driving transistor that is connected to the light emitting element in series; a storage capacitor that is interposed between a path, which is formed between the light emitting element and the driving transistor, and a gate of the driving transistor; a selection switch that is interposed between the gate of the driving transistor and a signal line; and a first control switch that is interposed between the gate of the driving transistor and the signal line and is connected to the selection switch in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 8456391
    Abstract: Provided is a method of driving a pixel circuit including a light emitting element and a driving transistor which are connected in series, and a storage capacitor disposed between the path between the light emitting element and the driving transistor and the gate of the driving transistor, the method including the steps of: supplying a driving signal, of which the time rate of change of the potential varies over time, to a gate of the driving transistor; stopping the supply of the driving signal at a point in time which is set to be variable in accordance with a gradation specified for the pixel circuit; and supplying a driving current corresponding to an open circuit voltage of the storage capacitor to the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yatabe, Hideto Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 8436791
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element that emits light of an amount based on the size of a driving current; a driving transistor, the gate thereof being electrically connected to a first node, that outputs a current flowing between the drain-source as the driving current; and a control unit that supplies a first data potential to the first node and supplies a current to the driving transistor so as to set the voltage between the gate and source of the driving transistor to a compensated voltage based on the mobility of the driving transistor, and then supplies a second data potential determined in accordance with the first data potential to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Satoshi Yatabe, Hideto Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 8362986
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a pixel circuit, and a drive circuit which drives the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit has a light emitting device, a driving transistor connected in series to the light emitting device, a capacitive element arranged between a gate and a source of the driving transistor, a first switching device arranged between the gate of the driving transistor and a signal line corresponding to the pixel circuit, and a second switching device arranged between the source of the driving transistor and a reset line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 8310416
    Abstract: There is provided a method of driving a pixel circuit. The method includes: performing a compensating operation of asymptotically causing the voltage across the storage capacitance to converge with a voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the driving transistor by applying a first reference voltage to the gate of the driving transistor, over a time duration variably set according to a gradation value designated to the pixel circuit, in a compensating period after the elapse of the resetting period; changing the voltage across the storage capacitance from a voltage set by the compensating operation to a voltage corresponding to the gradation value by applying a gradation voltage corresponding to the gradation value from a signal line to the gate of the driving transistor, in a writing period after the elapse of the compensating period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yatabe, Hideto Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 8102343
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a plurality of pixels disposed in the shape of a matrix of n rows×m columns (where n and m are natural numbers equal to or larger than two), n scanning lines, 2m data lines including pairs of a first data line and a second data line for each column of the plurality of pixels, and a data line driving circuit that generates a first gray scale voltage corresponding to higher bits acquired by dividing gray scale data of plural bits into the higher bits and lower bits and generates a second gray scale voltage corresponding to the lower bits. Each one of the plurality of pixels includes a first switching element and a second switching element which are controlled to be turned on or off by the common scanning lines, a first pixel electrode to which the first or second gray scale voltage is supplied from the first data line through the first switching element, and a second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Yatabe
  • Publication number: 20100328278
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a pixel circuit; and a driving circuit that drives the pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit includes: a light emitting element; a driving transistor that is connected to the light emitting element in series; a storage capacitor that is located between a gate of the driving transistor and a source of the driving transistor; and a selecting transistor that is located between the gate of the driving transistor and a signal line that corresponds to the pixel circuit, after a writing period starts, the driving circuit sets a potential of a selection signal to a selection potential to turn on the selecting transistor and outputs a data potential to the signal line to cause a current corresponding to the data potential to flow in the driving transistor, the selection signal being to be supplied to the gate of the selecting transistor, the data potential being changed over time, and after the driving circuit sets the potential of the selection signal to the selection potential an
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Publication number: 20100302228
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a pixel circuit, and a drive circuit which drives the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit has a light emitting device, a driving transistor connected in series to the light emitting device, a capacitative element arranged between a gate and a source of the driving transistor, a first switching device arranged between the gate of the driving transistor and a signal line corresponding to the pixel circuit, and a second switching device arranged between the source of the driving transistor and a reset line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto ISHIGURO, Satoshi Yatabe
  • Patent number: 7551171
    Abstract: A voltage supply circuit includes a first holding element with a first end and a second end that supplies a voltage held between the first end and the second end to a load, the second end being connected to a ground, and a second holding element with a first end and a second end, the first end of the second holding element being electrically connected to the first end of the first holding element. The voltage supply circuit also includes a charging circuit that charges the second holding element with a voltage higher than the voltage to be supplied to the load in a first mode, and a potential adjusting circuit that shifts a potential at the second end of the second holding element towards a potential at the first end of the first holding element according to the voltage held by the first holding element or the second holding element in a second mode exclusive with respect to the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Satoshi Yatabe, Kenichi Tajiri