Patents by Inventor Shinya Okano

Shinya Okano 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: 9799298
    Abstract: A display device in which power consumed in an image holding period is suppressed. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which is driven by power supplied from a converter or a backup circuit. A fixed potential may be supplied and a capacitor may be charged with the use of the converter in a writing operation where a load is large, and the fixed potential may be preferentially supplied from the capacitor without using the converter in an image holding period when the load is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Shinya Okano
  • Patent number: 9713271
    Abstract: An electronic device of a novel embodiment, specifically an arm-worn electronic device used while being worn on an arm, is provided. An arm-worn secondary battery used while being worn on an arm is provided. An electronic device is provided, which includes a structure body having a curved surface as a support structure body, a flexible secondary battery including a film as an exterior body over the curved surface of the support structure body, and a display portion including a plurality of display elements between a pair of films over the secondary battery. The plurality of display elements and the secondary battery overlap with each other at least partly. It is possible to provide an electronic device which has a small maximum thickness of 1 cm or less and a light weight of 50 g or less even when an arm-worn secondary battery is provided with a display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hiroki, Haruki Katagiri, Shinya Okano
  • Publication number: 20170117169
    Abstract: A substrate cooling method is for, using a load-lock mechanism for controlling a pressure therein between a first pressure close to an atmospheric pressure and a second pressure in a vacuum state, cooling a substrate transferred from the second module to the first module. The method includes maintaining a pressure in the chamber to the second pressure, allowing the chamber to communicate with a second module, and loading the substrate into the chamber; locating the substrate to a cooling position close to the cooling member; exhausting the chamber such that the pressure in the chamber becomes a third pressure where a region between a surface of the cooling member and a backside of the substrate satisfies a molecular flow condition. The method further includes introducing a purge gas into the chamber to increase the pressure in the chamber to the first pressure, and cooling the substrate by the cooling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hiromitsu SAKAUE, Shinya OKANO
  • Patent number: 9142593
    Abstract: To suppress a loss of data in a semiconductor device. To provide a display device including a capacitor storing data, a display element performing display in accordance with the data, and switching elements connected to electrodes of the capacitor. In the display device, the voltage is held between the electrodes of the capacitor by turning the switching elements off; thus, the data can be stored even when supplying the power supply is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Okano, Shigeru Onoya, Seiko Inoue, Masaaki Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20150214918
    Abstract: A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Koichiro KAMATA, Shinya OKANO, Misako SATO, Shuhei MAEDA
  • Patent number: 9065302
    Abstract: A wireless power feeding system includes a power feeding device and a power receiving device. The power feeding device includes a first resonance coil connected to a high-frequency power source through a first matching circuit, and a first control circuit connected to the first matching circuit and a first transmitter-receiver circuit. The power receiving device includes a second resonance coil configured to be in magnetic resonance with the first resonance coil, and a second control circuit connected to a load, a second matching circuit, and a second transmitter-receiver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Kamata, Shinya Okano
  • Patent number: 9024482
    Abstract: A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Kamata, Shinya Okano, Misako Sato, Shuhei Maeda
  • Publication number: 20150060896
    Abstract: To suppress a loss of data in a semiconductor device. To provide a display device including a capacitor storing data, a display element performing display in accordance with the data, and switching elements connected to electrodes of the capacitor. In the display device, the voltage is held between the electrodes of the capacitor by turning the switching elements off; thus, the data can be stored even when supplying the power supply is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shinya Okano, Shigeru Onoya, Seiko Inoue, Masaaki Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20150022957
    Abstract: An electronic device of a novel embodiment, specifically an arm-worn electronic device used while being worn on an arm, is provided. An arm-worn secondary battery used while being worn on an arm is provided. An electronic device is provided, which includes a structure body having a curved surface as a support structure body, a flexible secondary battery including a film as an exterior body over the curved surface of the support structure body, and a display portion including a plurality of display elements between a pair of films over the secondary battery. The plurality of display elements and the secondary battery overlap with each other at least partly. It is possible to provide an electronic device which has a small maximum thickness of 1 cm or less and a light weight of 50 g or less even when an arm-worn secondary battery is provided with a display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Masaaki Hiroki, Haruki Katagiri, Shinya Okano
  • Publication number: 20120187771
    Abstract: A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro KAMATA, Shinya OKANO, Misako SATO, Shuhei MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20120161536
    Abstract: A wireless power feeding system includes a power feeding device and a power receiving device. The power feeding device includes a first resonance coil connected to a high-frequency power source through a first matching circuit, and a first control circuit connected to the first matching circuit and a first transmitter-receiver circuit. The power receiving device includes a second resonance coil configured to be in magnetic resonance with the first resonance coil, and a second control circuit connected to a load, a second matching circuit, and a second transmitter-receiver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro KAMATA, Shinya Okano
  • Publication number: 20110261043
    Abstract: A display device in which power consumed in an image holding period is suppressed. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which is driven by power supplied from a converter or a backup circuit. A fixed potential may be supplied and a capacitor may be charged with the use of the converter in a writing operation where a load is large, and the fixed potential may be preferentially supplied from the capacitor without using the converter in an image holding period when the load is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Shinya Okano