Patents by Inventor Seiichiro Jinta

Seiichiro Jinta 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: 20240371338
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to suppress power consumption. A display device includes: a first holding unit provided in a pixel and configured to hold an image signal; and a PWM signal generation unit provided in the pixel and configured to generate a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal corresponding to the image signal on the basis of the image signal and count signal held in the first holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiru SENDA, Kota MASE, Taro ICHITSUBO, Takayuki KANDA, Seiichiro JINTA
  • Patent number: 12137576
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the substrate further includes a plurality of first members configured to diffuse light emitted from at least one of the light emitting devices, and a second member that is positioned between the first members, wherein the second member includes a light absorbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Jiro Yamada, Seiichiro Jinta, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Patent number: 12133419
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including: a light emitting element; and a drive transistor (DRTr) that includes a coupling section (W1) and a plurality of channel sections (CH) coupled in series through the coupling section (W1), wherein the drive transistor (DRTr) is configured to supply a drive current to the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20240237430
    Abstract: An object is to block natural light and light source light from being incident on a transistor in a pixel even in a case where a transmission portion is provided. An image display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally. The plurality of pixels includes a first pixel region including a pixel that includes a first region configured to emit light and a second region configured to transmit visible light, a second pixel region arranged around the first pixel region, the second pixel region including a pixel configured to emit light with an area larger than a light-emitting area of the pixel in the first pixel region, and a light shielding layer configured to shield a transistor arranged in the second region from light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20240194157
    Abstract: There are provided a drive circuit of a display panel, a display device, and a control method of a display device which can suppress deterioration of display characteristics. A drive circuit of a display panel is a drive circuit of a display panel having a liquid crystal layer of which molecular characteristics are changed according to a potential difference between a first electrode and a second electrode, and includes a signal processing unit that outputs a first signal for changing the potential difference according to an input pixel signal; and a control unit that causes the signal processing unit to output a second signal for changing the potential difference at a predetermined cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: SEIICHIRO JINTA, TAKUYA NARUTA
  • Publication number: 20240057427
    Abstract: Provided are an image display device and an electronic device capable of suppressing burn-in. An image display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally. The plurality of pixels includes: a first pixel region including a pixel configured to emit light and transmit visible light; a second pixel region arranged around the first pixel region, and including a pixel configured to emit light with an area larger than a light-emitting area of a pixel in the first pixel region; and a third pixel region arranged around the second pixel region, and including a pixel configured to emit light with an area larger than a light-emitting area of a pixel in the second pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20230363204
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including: a light emitting element; and a drive transistor (DRTr) that includes a coupling section (W1) and a plurality of channel sections (CH) coupled in series through the coupling section (W1), wherein the drive transistor (DRTr) is configured to supply a drive current to the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20230329036
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an image display device and an electronic device that can suppress the occurrence of diffracted light. [Solution] An image display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, wherein the plurality of pixels include at least some pixels, each having: a first self-emitting device, a first luminous region illuminated by the first self-emitting device, and a nonluminous region having a transmissive window that allows the passage of visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20230232693
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an image display device and an electronic device that can suppress the influence of diffracted light. [Solution] An image display device includes a plurality of pixels in a two-dimensional array, wherein each of some of the plurality of pixels includes: a first self-emitting device, a first luminous region illuminated by the first self-emitting device, a nonluminous region having a transmissive window that allows passage of visible light, and an optical path adjusting member that is disposed on a light emission side opposed to the light entry side of the transmissive window and adjusts the optical path of light having passed through the transmissive window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20230217710
    Abstract: To prevent attenuation and modulation of light received or projected through a display surface. An image display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally. A pixel in a first pixel region including some pixels among the plurality of pixels includes a first light emitting region, a second light emitting region having a higher visible light transmittance than the first light emitting region, a first self-light emitting element that emits light from the first light emitting region, a second self-light emitting element that emits light from the second light emitting region, and a pixel circuit that controls light emission and light turn-off of the first self-light emitting element and the second self-light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20230180578
    Abstract: To prevent attenuation and modulation of light received or projected through a display surface. An image display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally, in which a pixel in a first pixel region including some pixels among the plurality of pixels includes a first light emitting region, a non-light emitting region having a higher visible light transmittance than the first light emitting region, and a first self-light emitting element that emits light from the first light emitting region, and a pixel in a second pixel region other than the first pixel region among the plurality of pixels includes a second light emitting region having a lower visible light transmittance than the non-light emitting region, and a second self-light emitting element that emits light from the second light emitting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20230157126
    Abstract: To prevent attenuation and modulation of light received or projected through a display surface. An image display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally. A pixel in a first pixel region including some pixels among the plurality of pixels includes a first light emitting region, a second light emitting region having a higher visible light transmittance than the first light emitting region, a first self-light emitting element that emits light from the first light emitting region, and a second self-light emitting element that emits light from the second light emitting region, and a pixel in a second pixel region other than the first pixel region among the plurality of pixels includes a third light emitting region having a lower visible light transmittance than the second light emitting region, and a third self-light emitting element that emits light from the third light emitting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 11640191
    Abstract: In a display device including: a pixel array unit made up of pixels disposed on a substrate; a peripheral circuit unit that is disposed in a periphery of the pixel array unit and drives the pixels; and a temperature sensor circuit disposed on the same substrate as the pixels, the temperature sensor circuit is configured using an inverter circuit including a plurality of inverters made up of thin film transistors. Then, crystallinity of a channel portion of the thin film transistor of the temperature sensor circuit is different from crystallinity of a channel portion of a thin film transistor constituting the peripheral circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro Jinta, Masafumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11569325
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including: a light emitting element; and a drive transistor (DRTr) that includes a coupling section (W1) and a plurality of channel sections (CH) coupled in series through the coupling section (W1), wherein the drive transistor (DRTr) is configured to supply a drive current to the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20220390657
    Abstract: To improve transmittance without impairing display quality. A display device includes: a substrate; a first display region disposed on the substrate, the first display region having a plurality of pixels; and a second display region disposed on the substrate, the second display region having a plurality of pixels, in which the substrate has a first transmittance in the first display region, and the substrate has a second transmittance in the second display region higher than the first transmittance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi Nakata, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20220376016
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including: a light emitting element; and a drive transistor (DRTr) that includes a coupling section (W1) and a plurality of channel sections (CH) coupled in series through the coupling section (W1), wherein the drive transistor (DRTr) is configured to supply a drive current to the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20220278302
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the substrate further includes a plurality of first members configured to diffuse light emitted from at least one of the light emitting devices, and a second member that is positioned between the first members, wherein the second member includes a light absorbing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KUDO, Jiro YAMADA, Seiichiro JINTA, Shigeyuki MATSUNAMI
  • Patent number: 11349100
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the substrate further includes a plurality of first members configured to diffuse light emitted from at least one of the light emitting devices, and a second member that is positioned between the first members, wherein the second member includes a light absorbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Jiro Yamada, Seiichiro Jinta, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Patent number: 11244613
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display unit in which the method includes: forming a transistor on a substrate, in which a first direction to be scanned by an ion implantation apparatus intersects with a second direction to be scanned by an Excimer Laser Anneal apparatus; and forming a display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 11233109
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including: a light emitting element; and a drive transistor (DRTr) that includes a coupling section (W1) and a plurality of channel sections (CH) coupled in series through the coupling section (W1), wherein the drive transistor (DRTr) is configured to supply a drive current to the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta