Patents by Inventor Shigeru Matsuyama

Shigeru Matsuyama 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: 9285636
    Abstract: An image retention phenomenon and black unevenness generated after long-time operation in the liquid crystal device are prevented. By using a material having a polyamide acid ester as a precursor less likely to adsorb impurities on a boundary for an alignment film and a material having a dielectric constant anisotropy ?? of 5 or less for liquid crystals, adsorption of an antioxidant dispersed in the liquid crystals is suppressed to prevent oxidation of the liquid crystals. The extent that impurities are intruded into the liquid crystals is reduced by restricting the dielectric constant anisotropy ?? of the liquid crystals to 5 or less, thereby capable of preventing the image retention phenomenon and the black unevenness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Kunimatsu, Chikae Matsui, Shigeru Matsuyama, Masaki Matsumori, Yasushi Tomioka, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8259262
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus including: a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of substrates; plural electrodes formed on at least one of the pair of substrates; and a pair of polarizers provided in respective outsides of the pair of substrates; and a back light unit provided in a rear of the liquid crystal panel, in which one of the pair of polarizers, which is provided at a side of the back light unit, includes at least two types of layers which cause polarization, and in which the two types of layers include a first layer provided on a side of the liquid crystal layer and a second layer provided on a side of the back light unit, the first layer being a negative uniaxial polarizer layer, the second layer being a positive uniaxial polarizer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Utsumi, Ikuo Hiyama, Katsumi Kondo, Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 8059245
    Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Iwakabe, Masuyuki Ohta, Shigeru Matsuyama, Hitoshi Oaku, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7948600
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having high quality and high reliability is manufactured by preventing the occurrence of damages on a terminal portion due to the radiation of laser beams in cutting a substrate of the display device which is formed using a plastic substrate by the radiation of laser beams. A first substrate has a cutting line at a position which faces a terminal portion of a second substrate. In cutting the first substrate along the cutting line, laser beams are radiated to the first substrate along the cutting line so as to form a groove having a predetermined depth in the first substrate. Then, a load is applied to the first substrate along the groove so as to cut the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Okamoto, Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 7916254
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates including at least one transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the substrates, a plurality of electrodes formed on at least one of the substrates to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of active elements connected to the electrodes, an alignment layer formed on the surface of each of the substrates in contact with the liquid crystal layer, and an optical means formed on at least one of the substrates to change the optical characteristics in accordance with the alignment condition of the particles of the liquid crystal layer. The taper angle at the ends of the electrodes is larger than 45 degrees but less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Matsumori, Yasushi Tomioka, Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 7894029
    Abstract: Work is irradiated with polarized light generated by configuring in such a manner as to have a polarizer using a grating that separates polarized light from non-polarized light, a lamp and a condenser mirror that allow light to fall on the polarizer, a collimator lens that converts the incoming light into parallel beams, an integrator lens that uniformizes intensity distribution of light radiated from the polarizer, and a diffusion lens with functions to enlarge or contract the irradiated range to the work size, and by forming protrusions and recesses of the shape, material, and size that fit to the desired wavelength on a substrate such as quartz, etc. that transmit ultraviolet light, and by providing the light-polarizing performance by appropriately providing an incident angle. By carrying out this processing, the alignment film in the liquid crystal display element can be photo-aligned at high accuracy and uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Arai, Yasuhiro Yoshitake, Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20110019116
    Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yasushi Iwakabe, Masuyuki Ohta, Shigeru Matsuyama, Hitoshi Oaku, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7826022
    Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Iwakabe, Masuyuki Ohta, Shigeru Matsuyama, Hitoshi Oaku, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7742138
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a liquid crystal display which reduces unsatisfactory display caused by distorted initial alignment direction in a liquid crystal alignment layer for IPS type displays, realizes stable liquid crystal alignment, is high in mass-productivity, and produces high-quality images of increased contrast ratio. The liquid crystal display contains alignment layers 109 placed between a pair of substrates 101 and 102, at least one of which is transparent, liquid crystal layer 110? sealed between the alignment layers, common electrode 103 and source electrode 105 for applying an electrical field to the liquid crystal layer, thin-film transistors connected to each of these electrodes, polarizer plate 114 provided on at least one of the substrates, wherein at least one of the alignment layers 109 is composed of a photo-reactive polyimide and/or polyamic acid which can be provided with a liquid crystal alignment capacity by being irradiated with essentially linearly polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Matsumori, Yasushi Tomioka, Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20100066949
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus including: a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of substrates; plural electrodes formed on at least one of the pair of substrates; and a pair of polarizers provided in respective outsides of the pair of substrates; and a back light unit provided in a rear of the liquid crystal panel, in which one of the pair of polarizers, which is provided at a side of the back light unit, includes at least two types of layers which cause polarization, and in which the two types of layers include a first layer provided on a side of the liquid crystal layer and a second layer provided on a side of the back light unit, the first layer being a negative uniaxial polarizer layer, the second layer being a positive uniaxial polarizer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Yuka UTSUMI, Ikuo Hiyama, Katsumi Kondo, Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20100060836
    Abstract: An image retention phenomenon and black unevenness generated after long-time operation in the liquid crystal device are prevented. By using a material having a polyamide acid ester as a precursor less likely to adsorb impurities on a boundary for an alignment film and a material having a dielectric constant anisotropy ?? of 5 or less for liquid crystals, adsorption of an antioxidant dispersed in the liquid crystals is suppressed to prevent oxidation of the liquid crystals. The extent that impurities are intruded into the liquid crystals is reduced by restricting the dielectric constant anisotropy ?? of the liquid crystals to 5 or less, thereby capable of preventing the image retention phenomenon and the black unevenness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Noboru KUNIMATSU, Chikae MATSUI, Shigeru MATSUYAMA, Masaki MATSUMORI, Yasushi TOMIOKA, Katsumi KONDO
  • Publication number: 20090275158
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having high quality and high reliability is manufactured by preventing the occurrence of damages on a terminal portion due to the radiation of laser beams in cutting a substrate of the display device which is formed using a plastic substrate by the radiation of laser beams. A first substrate has a cutting line at a position which faces a terminal portion of a second substrate. In cutting the first substrate along the cutting line, laser beams are radiated to the first substrate along the cutting line so as to form a groove having a predetermined depth in the first substrate. Then, a load is applied to the first substrate along the groove so as to cut the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Masataka OKAMOTO, Shigeru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20090207361
    Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Yasushi Iwakabe, Masuyuki Ohta, Shigeru Matsuyama, Hitoshi Oaku, Katsumi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7538829
    Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Iwakabe, Masuyuki Ohta, Shigeru Matsuyama, Hitoshi Oaku, Katsumi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20090103010
    Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method thereof having high quality and high reliability by reducing damages to a connection terminal portion due to laser light when performing cutting of a substrate of a liquid crystal display panel using a plastic substrate at the connection terminal portion by irradiating laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Masataka Okamoto, Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 7489378
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device using a photodecomposition type light orientation film, the deterioration of display performance due to an impurity resulting from a light orientation treatment of the orientation film is suppressed to enable high-quality image display. In the orientation film to which a liquid crystal orientation function is provided, the amount of decomposition product due to the orientation film is 3957.5 ng or less per 100 cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aki Sakai, Noboru Kunimatsu, Hidehiro Sonoda, Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20080191991
    Abstract: A driver for a liquid crystal device includes a plurality of common drivers having a first common driver and a last common driver for comb-like driving that is coupled in cascade connection and a frequency divider that produces a second clock for interlaced driving by halving a period of a first clock that is provided from outside for serving as a basis of driving the drivers regarding each of the common drivers for comb-like driving aside from the first common driver and the last common driver. A converter circuit converts two periods of output data that are output in response to input data corresponding to one period of the first clock into one period of output data by using the second clock regarding input and output data of each of the common drivers for comb-like driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 7405718
    Abstract: A driver for a liquid crystal device includes a plurality of common drivers having a first common driver and a last common driver for comb-like driving that is coupled in cascade connection and a frequency divider that produces a second clock for interlaced driving by halving a period of a first clock that is provided from outside for serving as a basis of driving the drivers regarding each of the common drivers for comb-like driving aside from the first common driver and the last common driver. A converter circuit converts two periods of output data that are output in response to input data corresponding to one period of the first clock into one period of output data by using the second clock regarding input and output data of each of the common drivers for comb-like driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 7256843
    Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Iwakabe, Masuyuki Ohta, Shigeru Matsuyama, Hitoshi Oaku, Katsumi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20070148369
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device using a photodecomposition type light orientation film, the deterioration of display performance due to an impurity resulting from a light orientation treatment of the orientation film is suppressed to enable high-quality image display. In the orientation film to which a liquid crystal orientation function is provided, the amount of decomposition product due to the orientation film is 3957.5 ng or less per 100 cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Aki Sakai, Noboru Kunimatsu, Hidehiro Sonoda, Shigeru Matsuyama