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).

  • Shift register circuit, display panel, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10134818
    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: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180323248
    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: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Display device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10121841
    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 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING METHOD, DISPLAY ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180308424
    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: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: TAKASHI TOYODA, SEIICHIRO JINTA
  • DISPLAY UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180301087
    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: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: SEIICHIRO JINTA
  • Display device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10103212
    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: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Display unit, driving method, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10096282
    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: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180269429
    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 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KUDO, Jiro YAMADA, Seiichiro JINTA, Shigeyuki MATSUNAMI
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180261660
    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: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Display device and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10043431
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit that includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of scanning signal lines delivering scanning pulses to the plurality of pixels; and a scanning unit that includes a first switch provided in association with each of the plurality of scanning signal lines and selectively extracting the scanning pulse from one of a plurality of scanning pulse signals including the plurality of scanning pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Jinta, Akira Yumoto, Takahiro Seki
  • Display device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10026796
    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: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • SCANNING DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180197483
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device, including display elements two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix; scanning lines, initialization control lines, and display control lines extending in a first direction; data lines extending in a second direction different from the first direction; and a scanning drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Takao Tanikame, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Display unit, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10019945
    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 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Display device that switches light emission states multiple times during one field period
    Patent number: 10019948
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit includes a shift register unit and a logic circuit unit. The start of a start pulse of an output signal STp+1 of a p+1?th shift register is situated between the start and end of a start pulse of the output signal STp of a p?th shift register, and one each of a first enable signal through a Q?th enable signal exist in sequence between the start of the start pulse of the output signal STp and the start of the start pulse of the output signal STp+1. The operations of a (p?, q)?th NAND circuit are restricted based on period identifying signals, such that the NAND circuit generates scanning signals based only on a portion of the output signal STp corresponding to the first start pulse, the signal obtained by inverting the output signal STp+1, and the q?th enable signal ENq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Tanikame, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Light emitting apparatus with light absorbing layer
    Patent number: 10020467
    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: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Jiro Yamada, Seiichiro Jinta, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • CONTROL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180151138
    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: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: SEIICHIRO JINTA, YOSHIAKI KOUYAMA
  • Scanning drive circuit and display device including the same
    Patent number: 9940876
    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, and a plurality of third scanning lines. Each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a write transistor, a drive transistor, a first switching transistor, a second switching transistor, a third switching transistor, a fourth switching transistor, a capacitor, and a light emitting element. Duration of a light emitting period of respective light emitting element in each of the pixel circuits within one frame period is variably controlled by changing a width of an input pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Tanikame, Seiichiro Jinta
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180076271
    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: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Display, display drive circuit, display drive method, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9905171
    Abstract: Correction processing is provided for a display having pixel circuits respectively including a display element and a drive transistor that is configured to provide a drive current to the display element according to a luminance information value. A control transistor is disposed on a current path that provides the drive current to a unit pixel group that includes two or more of the pixel circuits, and a correction processing section is configured to obtain a correction factor that is a function of the luminance information values respectively corresponding to each of the pixel circuits in the unit pixel group, and to perform a correction of the luminance information value for at least one of the pixel circuits in the unit pixel group based on the correction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Gaku Izumi, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Semiconductor device, display panel and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9792859
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of thin film transistors of a single channel formed on an insulating substrate, and a buffer circuit including an outputting stage; a first inputting stage; a second inputting stage; a seventh thin film transistor; and an eighth thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta