Patents by Inventor Tadafumi Ozaki

Tadafumi Ozaki 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: 12051383
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel including a display area provided with a plurality of pixels; and a light source configured to emit light to the display panel. Writing periods and lighting periods are alternately provided in one frame period for at least one color. Each writing period is a period in which part of a pixel signal is written to a corresponding one of the pixels. Each lighting period is a period in which light is emitted to the pixel after a corresponding one of the writing periods. A light amount in at least one of the lighting periods is larger than a light amount in other lighting periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tadafumi Ozaki, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 12046213
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel with pixel rows; a light source device having light emission regions; and a controller configured to control light emission of the light emission regions. A second period is shorter than a first period. The first period is a period from a drive timing of one or more pixel rows that are driven first to a drive timing of one or more other pixel rows that are driven last. The second period is a period from a light emission timing of one or more light emission regions that emit light first to a light emission timing of one or more other light emission regions that emit light last. The light emission timing of the one or more light emission regions that emit light first is different from the light emission timing of the one or more other light emission regions that emit light last.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tadafumi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20240243116
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate; a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements that are provided in the pixels, respectively; a transistor provided to a first surface of the substrate and coupled to one of the inorganic light-emitting elements; wiring provided to the first surface of the substrate and coupled to the transistor; and a circular polarization plate provided on a first side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Masanobu IKEDA, Yasuhiro KANAYA, Tadafumi OZAKI
  • Patent number: 11935881
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate; a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements that are provided in the pixels, respectively; a transistor provided to a first surface of the substrate and coupled to one of the inorganic light-emitting elements; wiring provided to the first surface of the substrate and coupled to the transistor; and a circular polarization plate provided on a first side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Yasuhiro Kanaya, Tadafumi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11811002
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels provided on the substrate; and a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element that are included in each of the pixels. A light emitting layer of the first light emitting element includes gallium nitride to which europium is added, and a light emitting layer of the second light emitting element includes a multi-quantum well structure in which indium gallium nitride and gallium nitride are layered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Osamu Ito, Yasuhiro Kanaya, Tadafumi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11735132
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel to display a frame image by arranging line images; and a light source. One frame period includes sub-frame periods each including a writing period and a display period. The line images are written in units of a predetermined number of lines during the writing period. The line images that are written at a time in units of the predetermined number of lines are the same image. In two continuous sub-frame periods in the one frame period, when a line image to be written during the writing period in a preceding sub-frame period differs from a line image to be written during the writing period in a subsequent sub-frame period, a start position of the writing period in the preceding sub-frame period and a start position of the writing period in the subsequent sub-frame period are shifted by one line from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tadafumi Ozaki, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11631366
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes pixels, gate lines, source lines, a first driver, and a second driver selecting a gradation voltage corresponding to a gradation value of input image data from either of a plurality of gradation voltages of a first system and gradation voltages of a second system, and supplying the selected gradation voltage to the corresponding source line of the plurality of source lines. In at least a gradation region of all gradation regions of the image data, a value of the corresponding gradation voltage of the second system is relatively different from a value of the corresponding gradation voltage of the first system, for each of same gradation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadafumi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11621291
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, and a first light-shielding portion. The pixels are arrayed on the substrate. The inorganic light-emitting elements are provided corresponding to the respective pixels and each have a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface. The first light-shielding portion is electrically coupled to the cathode of the corresponding inorganic light-emitting element and prevents output of light traveling in a direction intersecting the first side surface of the inorganic light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Yasuhiro Kanaya, Tadafumi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11508292
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a reset line, pixels, gate lines, control wiring lines, source lines, a first driver and a second driver. Each of the pixels includes a drive transistor, a light emitting element, a pixel switch, a storage capacitor and a reset switch. The reset switch is connected between the reset line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and switched between an ON state and an OFF state by a second control signal provided via a corresponding control wiring line among the control wiring lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Tadafumi Ozaki, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20220358893
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel with pixel rows; a light source device having light emission regions; and a controller configured to control light emission of the light emission regions. A second period is shorter than a first period. The first period is a period from a drive timing of one or more pixel rows that are driven first to a drive timing of one or more other pixel rows that are driven last. The second period is a period from a light emission timing of one or more light emission regions that emit light first to a light emission timing of one or more other light emission regions that emit light last. The light emission timing of the one or more light emission regions that emit light first is different from the light emission timing of the one or more other light emission regions that emit light last.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunari TOMIZAWA, Tadafumi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220270558
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel including a display area provided with a plurality of pixels; and a light source configured to emit light to the display panel. Writing periods and lighting periods are alternately provided in one frame period for at least one color. Each writing period is a period in which part of a pixel signal is written to a corresponding one of the pixels. Each lighting period is a period in which light is emitted to the pixel after a corresponding one of the writing periods. A light amount in at least one of the lighting periods is larger than a light amount in other lighting periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Tadafumi OZAKI, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Publication number: 20220114954
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes pixels, gate lines, source lines, a first driver, and a second driver selecting a gradation voltage corresponding to a gradation value of input image data from either of a plurality of gradation voltages of a first system and gradation voltages of a second system, and supplying the selected gradation voltage to the corresponding source line of the plurality of source lines. In at least a gradation region of all gradation regions of the image data, a value of the corresponding gradation voltage of the second system is relatively different from a value of the corresponding gradation voltage of the first system, for each of same gradation values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadafumi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220108665
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel to display a frame image by arranging line images; and a light source. One frame period includes sub-frame periods each including a writing period and a display period. The line images are written in units of a predetermined number of lines during the writing period. The line images that are written at a time in units of the predetermined number of lines are the same image. In two continuous sub-frame periods in the one frame period, when a line image to be written during the writing period in a preceding sub-frame period differs from a line image to be written during the writing period in a subsequent sub-frame period, a start position of the writing period in the preceding sub-frame period and a start position of the writing period in the subsequent sub-frame period are shifted by one line from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Tadafumi OZAKI, Tsutomu HARADA
  • Patent number: 11289032
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixel rows to which line images are written; and a red, a green, and a blue light source. A display period of a frame image includes six subframe periods, each including a writing period and a lighting period. The line image of a color component corresponding to a combination of light emitted during the lighting period of a preceding period of two consecutive subframe periods, and light emitted during the lighting period of a subsequent period is written during the writing period of the preceding period. The subframe periods includes a first and a second subframe period provided alternately and consecutively, the first subframe period includes the writing period during which the line image is written to a first pixel row, and the second subframe period includes the writing period during which the line image is written to a second pixel row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadafumi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20210383744
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a reset line, pixels, gate lines, control wiring lines, source lines, a first driver and a second driver. Each of the pixels includes a drive transistor, a light emitting element, a pixel switch, a storage capacitor and a reset switch. The reset switch is connected between the reset line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and switched between an ON state and an OFF state by a second control signal provided via a corresponding control wiring line among the control wiring lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARADA, Tadafumi OZAKI, Kazunari TOMIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11158268
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device, includes: a display panel that includes a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal sealed between two facing substrates and is configured to display a frame image by arranging a plurality of line images in a scanning direction; and a light source that is configured to emit light from one side surface side of the display panel. One frame period assigned to the frame image includes an image display period and a luminance correction period, and a total luminance of the display panel during the luminance correction period is increased with decreasing distance from an opposite side of the one side surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadafumi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20210265530
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels provided on the substrate; and a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element that are included in each of the pixels. A light emitting layer of the first light emitting element includes gallium nitride to which europium is added, and a light emitting layer of the second light emitting element includes a multi-quantum well structure in which indium gallium nitride and gallium nitride are layered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Masanobu IKEDA, Osamu ITO, Yasuhiro KANAYA, Tadafumi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210104505
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate; a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements that are provided in the pixels, respectively; a transistor provided to a first surface of the substrate and coupled to one of the inorganic light-emitting elements; wiring provided to the first surface of the substrate and coupled to the transistor; and a circular polarization plate provided on a first side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Masanobu IKEDA, Yasuhiro KANAYA, Tadafumi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210082995
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, and a first light-shielding portion. The pixels are arrayed on the substrate. The inorganic light-emitting elements are provided corresponding to the respective pixels and each have a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface. The first light-shielding portion is electrically coupled to the cathode of the corresponding inorganic light-emitting element and prevents output of light traveling in a direction intersecting the first side surface of the inorganic light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu IKEDA, Yasuhiro KANAYA, Tadafumi OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210012726
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device, includes: a display panel that includes a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal sealed between two facing substrates and is configured to display a frame image by arranging a plurality of line images in a scanning direction; and a light source that is configured to emit light from one side surface side of the display panel. One frame period assigned to the frame image includes an image display period and a luminance correction period, and a total luminance of the display panel during the luminance correction period is increased with decreasing distance from an opposite side of the one side surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadafumi OZAKI