Patents by Inventor Sentaro KIDA

Sentaro KIDA 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: 20240114747
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, the pixel electrode including a first portion and a second portion disposed outside the first portion, the first portion protruding to a second side opposite to a first side closer to the substrate than the second portion; a light-emitting layer disposed across the second side of the first portion and the second side of the second portion; a first edge cover disposed across the second side of a side edge portion of the first portion and the second side of the second portion, the first edge cover including an opening formed on the second side of a central portion of the first portion, the first edge cover covering an edge of the first portion; and a counter electrode including a portion disposed closer to the second side than the first edge cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: YASUSHI ASAOKA, Sentaro KIDA, Takahiro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20240081086
    Abstract: A light-emitting element according to the present disclosure includes at least one pair of light-emitting layers formed between a cathode and an anode and the at least one pair of light-emitting layers includes, in a stated order from the cathode, a P-type light-emitting layer and an N-type light-emitting layer adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, YASUSHI ASAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230369545
    Abstract: A light-emitting element producing method includes: a step of forming a first-charge transport layer on a first electrode; a step of applying a first photosensitive resin composition, containing first quantum dots, to the first-charge transport layer, and forming a first-quantum-dot containing layer; a step of applying a second photosensitive resin composition, containing second quantum dots, to the first-quantum-dot containing layer, and forming a second-quantum-dot containing layer; a step of forming a second-charge transport layer on the second-quantum-dot containing layer; and a step of forming a second electrode on the second-charge transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Akira OHSHIMA, JUN SAKUMA, Sentaro KIDA, MAKOTO KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230371343
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, an insulating film formed over the substrate, a first pixel electrode formed over the insulating film, a first light-emitting layer formed over the first pixel electrode and overlapping the first pixel electrode in a plan view, a second light-emitting layer formed in a recess provided in the insulating film, and a second pixel electrode overlapping the recess in a plan view. At least one of the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer includes a quantum dot as a light-emitting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, YASUSHI ASAOKA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230354648
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of first electrodes shaped into islands; a first light-emitting layer formed to overlap with a first electrode among the plurality of the first electrodes, the first light-emitting layer containing a first light-emitting material and resin; a second light-emitting layers formed to overlap with another first electrode among the plurality of the first electrodes, the second light-emitting layers being made of a second light-emitting material; and a bank formed in a shape of a picture frame, or formed to include two partition walls facing each other and separating an inner region from an outer region. The second light-emitting layer is provided behind the bank to be in contact with an inner side face of the bank, and the first light-emitting layer is formed out of the bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, YASUSHI ASAOKA, TSUYOSHI KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230057673
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a flattened layer; at least one first light-emitting element; at least one second light-emitting element; at least one first drive circuit; and at least one second drive circuit, wherein light emitted by the first light-emitting element is taken out through the substrate, light emitted by the second light-emitting element is taken out from a direction opposite to a direction in which the light emitted by the first light-emitting element is taken out, the first light-emitting element is provided in an opening provided in the flattened laver, the second light-emitting element is provided in a layer above the flattened layer and overlaps the flattened layer, and the first drive circuit and the second drive circuit are provided closer to the substrate than the second light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: YASUSHI ASAOKA, Sentaro KIDA, JUN SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20220352262
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes: the first substrate preparation step of preparing a first substrate including insular, first electrodes, one for each of the plurality of subpixels; the second substrate preparation step of preparing a second substrate including a second electrode; the subpixel-specific layer forming step of forming insular subpixel-specific layers, one for each of the first electrodes, on either one or both of a top face of the first substrate and a top face of the second substrate; the nanoparticle layer forming step of forming a nanoparticle layer including a stack of nanoparticles on either one or both of the topmost face of the first substrate and the topmost face of the second electrode; and the bonding step of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together via the nanoparticle layer in such a manner that the first electrodes face the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: YASUSHI ASAOKA, Sentaro KIDA
  • Publication number: 20220173181
    Abstract: Provided is a display element according to an aspect of the disclosure including a flattening film and, on the flattening film, a plurality of banks each having a linear shape, a plurality of active layers each having a linear shape and formed between adjacent banks, and an upper transparent electrode formed on each of the plurality of active layers. A cut line having a locally reduced height with reference to the flattening film is formed in each the plurality of banks, and the upper transparent electrode formed on one of the adjacent active layers and the upper transparent electrode formed on the other of the adjacent active layers are electrically connected via a conductive electrode formed in the cut line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, SHIGERU AOMORI, TSUYOSHI KAMADA, YASUSHI ASAOKA, JUN SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20220052284
    Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the disclosure includes an electroluminescence element including a light-emitting layer including quantum dots between a cathode and an anode which are paired, and further includes a platelet layer adjacent to the light-emitting layer and including plate-shaped nanoplatelets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sentaro KIDA, YASUSHI ASAOKA, JUN SAKUMA