Patents by Inventor Seiko Inoue

Seiko Inoue 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: 20240094775
    Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Seiko INOUE, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11924589
    Abstract: Color filters are used for color images obtained using imaging devices such as conventional image sensors. Imaging elements with color filters are sold, and an appropriate combination of the imaging element and a lens or the like is incorporated in an electronic device. Only providing a color filter to overlap a light-receiving region of an image sensor reduces the amount of light reaching the light-receiving region. An imaging system of the present invention includes a solid-state imaging element without a color filter, a storage device, and a learning device. As a selection standard for reducing the amount of learning data, in an HSV color space, saturation is used, and selection is performed so that the saturation has optimal distribution. When colorization disclosed in this specification is performed, the colorization and object highlight processing can be performed at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Akimoto, Seiko Inoue, Daichi Mishima
  • Patent number: 11863728
    Abstract: Color filters are used for color images obtained using imaging devices such as conventional image sensors. Imaging elements with color filters are sold, and an appropriate combination of the imaging element and a lens or the like is incorporated in an electronic device. Only providing a color filter to overlap a light-receiving region of an image sensor reduces the amount of light reaching the light-receiving region. An imaging system of the present invention includes a solid-state imaging element without a color filter, a storage device, and a learning device. Since the color filter is not included, colorization is performed on obtained monochrome image data (analog data), and coloring is performed using an AI system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Akimoto, Seiko Inoue, Daichi Mishima
  • Publication number: 20230395028
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance of pixels is suppressed. A light-emitting device includes at least a transistor, a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a capacitor, and a light-emitting element. The first wiring and a first electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other through the first switch. A second electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The second wiring and a gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the second switch. The first electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the third switch. The first terminal of the transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fourth switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Seiko INOUE, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 11836007
    Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11741895
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance of pixels is suppressed. A light-emitting device includes at least a transistor, a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a capacitor, and a light-emitting element. The first wiring and a first electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other through the first switch. A second electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The second wiring and a gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the second switch. The first electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the third switch. The first terminal of the transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fourth switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiko Inoue, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11609613
    Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220417484
    Abstract: Color filters are used for color images obtained using imaging devices such as conventional image sensors. Imaging elements with color filters are sold, and an appropriate combination of the imaging element and a lens or the like is incorporated in an electronic device. Only providing a color filter to overlap a light-receiving region of an image sensor reduces the amount of light reaching the light-receiving region. An imaging system of the present invention includes a solid-state imaging element without a color filter, a storage device, and a learning device. As a selection standard for reducing the amount of learning data, in an HSV color space, saturation is used, and selection is performed so that the saturation has optimal distribution. When colorization disclosed in this specification is performed, the colorization and object highlight processing can be performed at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo AKIMOTO, Seiko INOUE, Daichi MISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220417390
    Abstract: Color filters are used for color images obtained using imaging devices such as conventional image sensors. Imaging elements with color filters are sold, and an appropriate combination of the imaging element and a lens or the like is incorporated in an electronic device. Only providing a color filter to overlap a light-receiving region of an image sensor reduces the amount of light reaching the light-receiving region. An imaging system of the present invention includes a solid-state imaging element without a color filter, a storage device, and a learning device. Since the color filter is not included, colorization is performed on obtained monochrome image data (analog data), and coloring is performed using an AI system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo AKIMOTO, Seiko INOUE, Daichi MISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220383657
    Abstract: Power consumption of a circuit which makes a determination is reduced. The accuracy of a system which makes a determination is improved. The safety of a target object which is monitored by a sensor element is increased. A system which easily monitors a target object is provided. A semiconductor device includes a detection circuit having a function of analyzing first data and making a first determination of selecting a first value or a second value, a first determination circuit and a second determination circuit having a function of performing feature extraction of an image, a power supply circuit, and a power management unit. The power management unit has a function of allowing a voltage to be supplied from the power supply circuit to the first determination circuit in the case where the first value is selected by the first determination. The first determination circuit has a function of analyzing the first data and making a second determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Seiko INOUE, Ayana KIMOTSUKI, Atsuya TOKINOSU
  • Publication number: 20220382937
    Abstract: A novel circuit layout method is provided. In a circuit including a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a fourth terminal, a first wiring, and a second wiring, the layout method includes a step of generating a layout of connecting the first terminal and the third terminal using the first wiring; a step of generating a layout of connecting the second terminal and the fourth terminal using the second wiring; a step of calculating a first wiring resistance of the first wiring; a step of calculating a second wiring resistance of the second wiring; and a step of automatically generating the layouts of the first wiring and the second wiring in the circuit so that the first wiring resistance can be equal to the second wiring resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Seiko INOUE, Ryo NAKAZATO, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Publication number: 20220366928
    Abstract: An audio device capable of inhibiting malfunction of an information terminal is provided. The audio device includes a sound sensor portion, a sound separation portion, a sound determination portion, and a processing portion. The sound sensor portion has a function of sensing sound. The sound separation portion has a function of separating the sound sensed by the sound sensor portion into a voice and sound other than a voice. The sound determination portion has a function of storing the feature quantity of the sound. The sound determination portion has a function of determining, with a machine learning model such as a neural network model, whether the feature quantity of the voice separated by the sound separation portion is the stored feature quantity. The processing portion has a function of analyzing an instruction contained in the voice and generating an instruction signal representing the content of the instruction in the case where the feature quantity of the voice is the stored feature quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Fumiya NAGASHIMA, Kengo AKIMOTO, Tatsuya OKANO, Yusuke KOUMURA, Seiko INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220252658
    Abstract: The electrical characteristics of a semiconductor element are predicted from a process list. A feature-value calculation portion and a feature prediction portion are used to predict the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor element. The feature-value calculation portion includes a first learning model and a second learning model, and the feature prediction portion includes a third learning model. The first learning model includes a step of learning the process list for generating the semiconductor element and a step of generating a first feature value. The second learning model includes a step of learning the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor element generated in accordance with the process list and a step of generating a second feature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Seiko INOUE, Yusuke KOUMURA, Takahiro FUKUTOME
  • Patent number: 11340657
    Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220147106
    Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Seiko INOUE, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210358410
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance of pixels is suppressed. A light-emitting device includes at least a transistor, a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a capacitor, and a light-emitting element. The first wiring and a first electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other through the first switch. A second electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The second wiring and a gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the second switch. The first electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the third switch. The first terminal of the transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fourth switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Seiko INOUE, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 11081050
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance of pixels is suppressed. A light-emitting device includes at least a transistor, a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a capacitor, and a light-emitting element. The first wiring and a first electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other through the first switch. A second electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The second wiring and a gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the second switch. The first electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the third switch. The first terminal of the transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fourth switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiko Inoue, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11009913
    Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210116970
    Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Seiko INOUE, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200251054
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance of pixels is suppressed. A light-emitting device includes at least a transistor, a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a capacitor, and a light-emitting element. The first wiring and a first electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other through the first switch. A second electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The second wiring and a gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the second switch. The first electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the third switch. The first terminal of the transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fourth switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Seiko INOUE, Hiroyuki MIYAKE