Patents by Inventor Shinji Tomokawa
Shinji Tomokawa 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).
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Patent number: 11942056Abstract: A display device includes a lighting device, a display panel, a memory, and a correction circuit. The lighting device includes a light exit area defined into light exit sections corresponding to light sources. The display panel includes a display area disposed opposite the light exit area and including pixels. The memory stores data of pixel matrix linked to the display sections. The memory stores position data of the pixels that are not disposed opposite the corresponding light exit sections and deviation data when a position error is caused between the light exit area and the display area. The correction circuit is configured to determine whether the memory stores the position data of the pixels and link new pixel matrix units to the corresponding display sections based on the deviation data if a determination result is affirmative.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Shinji Tomokawa, Yasutomo Nishihara, Yohji Inui, Kohichi Ohhara, Katsutoshi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20230096847Abstract: A display device includes a lighting device, a display panel, a memory, and a correction circuit. The lighting device includes a light exit area defined into light exit sections corresponding to light sources. The display panel includes a display area opposed to the light exit area and including pixels. The display area includes display sections to be opposed to the light exit sections. The memory stores data of pixel matrix linked to the display sections. The memory stores position data of the pixels that are not opposed to the corresponding light exit sections and deviation data when a position error is caused between the light exit area and the display area. The correction circuit is configured to determine whether the memory stores the position data of the pixels and link new pixel matrix units to the corresponding display sections based on the deviation data if determination result is affirmative.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Shinji TOMOKAWA, Yasutomo NISHIHARA, Yohji INUI, Kohichi OHHARA, Katsutoshi KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 11263981Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display region for image display; an illumination device including a plurality of light sources, the illumination device being configured to cast light upon the display panel; and a control substrate including a regulator configured to regulate an amount of light emitted from the plurality of light sources, wherein the display region is sectioned into a plurality of sections in a form of concentric circles, and the regulator regulates the amount of light in such a manner that one of the plurality of sections that is adjacent to a middle of the concentric circles is irradiated with a relatively large amount of light, and in such a manner that another one of the plurality of sections that is adjacent to an outer edge of the concentric circles is irradiated with a relatively small amount of light.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinji Tomokawa
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Patent number: 11195475Abstract: The present invention provides an image display device capable of appropriately controlling the luminance of its backlight even with a frame memory having a size larger than the size of the active area. The image display device of the present invention includes: an image display panel configured to display an image; a backlight configured to illuminate the image display panel; a frame memory having a size larger than the size of an active area of the image display panel; and a luminance determiner configured to determine the luminance of the backlight based on an image data set of a computational area among image data sets stored in the frame memory, the computational area being at least part of the active area.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinji Tomokawa
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Patent number: 11145259Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device wherein blurring of a moving image is effectively suppressed. A liquid crystal display device 1 includes a liquid crystal layer 13 that is arranged on a backlight 10, and includes liquid crystal that is driven in response to a voltage applied thereto; a light detection unit 20 that is arranged between the backlight 10 and the liquid crystal layer 13; and a control unit that controls a timing of turning on the backlight 10. After the backlight 10 is turned off and driving of liquid crystal is started, the control unit turns on the backlight 10 when intensity of light detected by the light detection unit 20 enters a steady state.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinji Tomokawa
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Publication number: 20210110776Abstract: The present invention provides an image display device capable of appropriately controlling the luminance of its backlight even with a frame memory having a size larger than the size of the active area. The image display device of the present invention includes: an image display panel configured to display an image; a backlight configured to illuminate the image display panel; a frame memory having a size larger than the size of an active area of the image display panel; and a luminance determiner configured to determine the luminance of the backlight based on an image data set of a computational area among image data sets stored in the frame memory, the computational area being at least part of the active area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventor: SHINJI TOMOKAWA
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Publication number: 20200380922Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display region for image display; an illumination device including a plurality of light sources, the illumination device being configured to cast light upon the display panel; and a control substrate including a regulator configured to regulate an amount of light emitted from the plurality of light sources, wherein the display region is sectioned into a plurality of sections in a form of concentric circles, and the regulator regulates the amount of light in such a manner that one of the plurality of sections that is adjacent to a middle of the concentric circles is irradiated with a relatively large amount of light, and in such a manner that another one of the plurality of sections that is adjacent to an outer edge of the concentric circles is irradiated with a relatively small amount of light.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventor: SHINJI TOMOKAWA
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Publication number: 20200365093Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device wherein blurring of a moving image is effectively suppressed. A liquid crystal display device 1 includes a liquid crystal layer 13 that is arranged on a backlight 10, and includes liquid crystal that is driven in response to a voltage applied thereto; a light detection unit 20 that is arranged between the backlight 10 and the liquid crystal layer 13; and a control unit that controls a timing of turning on the backlight 10. After the backlight 10 is turned off and driving of liquid crystal is started, the control unit turns on the backlight 10 when intensity of light detected by the light detection unit 20 enters a steady state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventor: SHINJI TOMOKAWA
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Patent number: 10824032Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, s driver circuit, a first substrate connecting member, a spacer portion, and a spacer joint portion. The second substrate is opposed to overlap the first substrate and includes a first substrate non-overlapping portion not overlapping the first substrate. The driver circuit is mounted on the first substrate non-overlapping portion on a same side as the first substrate. The first substrate connecting member is connected to the first substrate and includes a portion disposed to overlap the driver circuit. The spacer portion is disposed between the first substrate connecting member and the driver circuit. The spacer portion has an insulating property. The spacer joint portion is disposed to overlap a section of the first substrate non-overlapping portion not overlapping at least the driver circuit on the same side as the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinji Tomokawa
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Patent number: 10558069Abstract: A display device includes a panel member, a flexible substrate, and a tap. The flexible substrate includes a substrate body and a substrate extending portion. The substrate body is disposed in an area of a surface of the panel member inner than an outer peripheral edge portion of the surface. The substrate extension portion is extended from an outer peripheral edge portion of the substrate body. The substrate extension portion includes an overlapping portion overlapping a section of the outer peripheral edge portion of the surface. The tape is pasted to the area inner than the outer peripheral edge portion of the surface. The tape covers the substrate extension portion that is folded back to the substrate body from an opposite side from the substrate body such that the overlapping portion does not overlap the outer peripheral edge portion of the surface to hold the substrate extension portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Tomokawa, Takafumi Matsuda, Akiyoshi Takaoka
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Publication number: 20200041831Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, s driver circuit, a first substrate connecting member, a spacer portion, and a spacer joint portion. The second substrate is opposed to overlap the first substrate and includes a first substrate non-overlapping portion not overlapping the first substrate. The driver circuit is mounted on the first substrate non-overlapping portion on a same side as the first substrate. The first substrate connecting member is connected to the first substrate and includes a portion disposed to overlap the driver circuit. The spacer portion is disposed between the first substrate connecting member and the driver circuit. The spacer portion has an insulating property. The spacer joint portion is disposed to overlap a section of the first substrate non-overlapping portion not overlapping at least the driver circuit on the same side as the first substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventor: Shinji TOMOKAWA
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Publication number: 20200026391Abstract: A touchscreen panel includes a touch panel having a plate shape having a front surface and a back surface, and a flexible circuit board one end of which is electrically connected to the touch panel. The touch panel includes a detection region where contact of an operator from a front surface side can be detected, and a terminal region where connection terminals to be connected to the flexible circuit board are disposed on aback surface side. The detection region and the connection terminals are connected to each other via panel lines formed on the touch panel, and one of the panel lines is a detour line that is connected to one of the connection terminals from a side where the detection region is not present seen from the connection terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventor: Shinji TOMOKAWA
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Publication number: 20190384093Abstract: A display device includes a panel member, a flexible substrate, and a tap. The flexible substrate includes a substrate body and a substrate extending portion. The substrate body is disposed in an area of a surface of the panel member inner than an outer peripheral edge portion of the surface. The substrate extension portion is extended from an outer peripheral edge portion of the substrate body. The substrate extension portion includes an overlapping portion overlapping a section of the outer peripheral edge portion of the surface. The tape is pasted to the area inner than the outer peripheral edge portion of the surface. The tape covers the substrate extension portion that is folded back to the substrate body from an opposite side from the substrate body such that the overlapping portion does not overlap the outer peripheral edge portion of the surface to hold the substrate extension portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Shinji TOMOKAWA, Takafumi MATSUDA, Akiyoshi TAKAOKA
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Publication number: 20190306980Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a flexible printed circuit board (1) which is distinguishable from another flexible printed circuit board by use of an identifier. The flexible printed circuit board (1) includes: a base layer (13); a wiring layer (14); a surface cover layer (15); and an identifier (121) which allows the flexible printed circuit board (1) to be distinguished from another flexible printed circuit board, the surface cover layer (15) being formed in a surface cover region (11) while not being formed in a non-surface cover region (12), and the identifier (121) being provided in the non-surface cover region (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: TAKUMA WATANABE, SHINJI TOMOKAWA, TAKAFUMI MATSUDA, AKIYOSHI TAKAOKA
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Publication number: 20190287474Abstract: To reduce display unevenness of a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display device includes (i) a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of areas different from each other in the cell thickness and (ii) a driving section configured to carry out a gamma correction with respect to each of the plurality of areas in accordance with the applied voltage-transmittance characteristic that varies according to each of the plurality of areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: SHINJI TOMOKAWA
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Patent number: 9575240Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a display area, a non-display area, a substrate member attached to the display panel with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween and including a touch panel and an operation section formed in the non-display area and used for performing an input operation on the touch panel, a step portion formed at least by a side portion of the display panel and a side portion of the adhesive layer such that a void is generated in a part between the display panel and the substrate member, and a light source unit disposed in the void such that at least a part of the light source unit is superimposed on the display panel in the step portion and configured to supply illumination light to the operation section to light the operation section.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuhiko Akanuma, Hiromi Enomoto, Yuhsuke Nii, Shinji Tomokawa
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Publication number: 20150042902Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source; a light guide plate including a side surface, on which light of the light source is incident, and a front surface extending perpendicular to the side surface; and a plurality of light emitting regions disposed on the front surface to be spaced apart from one another, and having optical patterns for emitting light from an inside of the light guide plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromi Enomoto, Nobuhiko Akanuma, Yuhsuke Nii, Shinji Tomokawa
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Publication number: 20140192279Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a display area, a non-display area, a substrate member attached to the display panel with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween and including a touch panel and an operation section formed in the non-display area and used for performing an input operation on the touch panel, a step portion formed at least by a side portion of the display panel and a side portion of the adhesive layer such that a void is generated in a part between the display panel and the substrate member, and a light source unit disposed in the void such that at least a part of the light source unit is superimposed on the display panel in the step portion and configured to supply illumination light to the operation section to light the operation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuhiko Akanuma, Hiromi Enomoto, Yuhsuke Nii, Shinji Tomokawa