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).

  • Patent number: 10991329
    Abstract: A control circuit according to an embodiment of the disclosure performs control of active matrix driving by a field inversion driving method to cause a vertical effective display period in one field period to be close to a start time of the one field period upon observation of a waveform of a signal outputted from the control circuit with display resolution of 200 ?sec or display resolution lower than display resolution of 200 ?sec. The one field period is defined by a vertical start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro Jinta, Yoshiaki Kouyama
  • Patent number: 10977995
    Abstract: A display unit of the disclosure includes a unit pixel and a driving section that drives the unit pixel. The unit pixel includes a light-emitting device, a capacitor section having a first capacitor and a second capacitor that are coupled in series through a first node, a drive transistor that supplies a drive current corresponding to a potential difference across both ends of the capacitor section to the light-emitting device, and a first transistor that delivers a first voltage to the first node by turning on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20210048860
    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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro JINTA, Masafumi MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10861404
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first driver that sequentially selects each of pixels on a row basis, and a second driver that applies, through a signal line, an image signal to each of the pixels in a pixel row that is selected by the first driver, and that inverts a polarity of the image signal at a predetermined period. The second driver sequentially applies, to the signal line, a first precharge signal voltage having a relatively large amplitude and a second precharge signal voltage having a relatively small amplitude, prior to the application of the image signal. The second driver further controls the application of the first precharge signal voltage to cause an amount of leak of an electric current from the pixel to the signal line due to the application of the first precharge signal voltage to become smaller than that in another period for each of predetermined horizontal periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Jinta, Hideo Jinnouchi
  • Publication number: 20200321418
    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: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20200321412
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a shift register circuit that is formed on an insulating substrate with thin film transistors having channels of the same conductivity type and includes shift stages, each of the shift stages including: a first thin film transistor; a second thin film transistor; a 3(1)-th thin film transistor; a 3(2)-th thin film transistor; a 4(1)-th thin film transistor; a 4(2)-th thin film transistor; a fifth thin film transistor; and a sixth thin film transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20200286427
    Abstract: A display unit of the disclosure includes a unit pixel and a driving section that drives the unit pixel. The unit pixel includes a light-emitting device, a capacitor section having a first capacitor and a second capacitor that are coupled in series through a first node, a drive transistor that supplies a drive current corresponding to a potential difference across both ends of the capacitor section to the light-emitting device, and a first transistor that delivers a first voltage to the first node by turning on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 10741130
    Abstract: A display device including a display area including a plurality of pixel circuits, a peripheral area including a scanning circuit, a plurality of first scanning lines, a plurality of second scanning lines, a plurality of third scanning lines, and a scanning circuit. The scanning circuit facing to a first side of the display area and configured to drive the pixel circuits via the first, the second and the third scanning lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Tanikame, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20200219444
    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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: SEIICHIRO JINTA
  • Publication number: 20200168152
    Abstract: The display element includes: a current-driven light-emitting unit; a capacitor unit including a first capacitor and a second capacitor; an n-channel driving transistor that causes a current corresponding to a voltage held by the capacitor unit to flow through the light-emitting unit; and a first switching transistor that writes a video signal voltage to the capacitor unit. In a state in which the first capacitor holds a voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, a video signal voltage is written to the second capacitor through the first switching transistor in a conducting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: TAKASHI TOYODA, SEIICHIRO JINTA
  • Publication number: 20200152917
    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: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KUDO, Jiro YAMADA, Seiichiro JINTA, Shigeyuki MATSUNAMI
  • Patent number: 10643534
    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: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 10622418
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a shift register circuit that is formed on an insulating substrate with thin film transistors having channels of the same conductivity type and includes shift stages, each of the shift stages including: a first thin film transistor; a second thin film transistor; a 3(1)-th thin film transistor; a 3(2)-th thin film transistor; a 4(1)-th thin film transistor; a 4(2)-th thin film transistor; a fifth thin film transistor; and a sixth thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 10621914
    Abstract: A display unit of the disclosure includes a unit pixel and a driving section that drives the unit pixel. The unit pixel includes a light-emitting device, a capacitor section having a first capacitor and a second capacitor that are coupled in series through a first node, a drive transistor that supplies a drive current corresponding to a potential difference across both ends of the capacitor section to the light-emitting device, and a first transistor that delivers a first voltage to the first node by turning on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 10615238
    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: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 10615237
    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: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 10586489
    Abstract: The display element includes: a current-driven light-emitting unit; a capacitor unit including a first capacitor and a second capacitor; an n-channel driving transistor that causes a current corresponding to a voltage held by the capacitor unit to flow through the light-emitting unit; and a first switching transistor that writes a video signal voltage to the capacitor unit. In a state in which the first capacitor holds a voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, a video signal voltage is written to the second capacitor through the first switching transistor in a conducting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Toyoda, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Publication number: 20200043415
    Abstract: A light emitting element display device with a narrow frame and high light emission efficiency is provided even when high definition is achieved. The light emitting element display device includes: a light emitting element which emits light at each of a plurality of subpixels forming one pixel; a drive transistor in which one of a source and a drain is connected to an anode of the light emitting element; and an output control circuit which selectively sets the other of the source and the drain of the drive transistor into one of a state of being connected to a power-supply voltage, a state of being connected to a reset voltage that is a lower voltage than the power-supply voltage, and a high-impedance state of not being connected to any of these voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KIMURA, Seiichiro JINTA
  • Patent number: 10541383
    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 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Jiro Yamada, Seiichiro Jinta, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Patent number: 10504980
    Abstract: Herein disclosed a display apparatus including: a pixel array having a matrix of pixel circuits each including respective electrooptical elements for determining a display brightness level and respective drive circuits for driving the electrooptical elements; wherein adjacent two of the pixel circuits are paired with each other, and each of the drive circuits of the adjacent two pixel circuits includes at least one transistor having a low-concentration source/drain region or an offset region of an offset gate structure, the electrooptical elements and the drive circuits of the adjacent two pixel circuits being laid out such that a line interconnecting a drain region and a source region of the at least one transistor extends parallel to a direction of pixel columns of the pixel circuits of the pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Asano, Seiichiro Jinta, Masatsugu Tomida, Hiroshi Fujimura