Patents by Inventor Tae Orita

Tae Orita 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: 11132095
    Abstract: Tactile electrodes include a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes that are alternately arranged with an interval therebetween on a transparent insulating substrate. A dielectric layer covers the tactile electrodes. A voltage supply circuit applies a voltage signal having a first frequency to those of the first electrodes that are located on at least a partial region of the transparent insulating substrate, and applies a voltage signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency to those of the second electrodes that are located on at least the partial region of the transparent insulating substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Orita, Masafumi Agari, Takeshi Ono
  • Publication number: 20210247873
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a base substrate, a cover panel, a first electrode formed outside of a display region on a back surface of the cover panel, and a second electrode formed outside of the display region on a front surface of the base substrate. A pressure when the base substrate is pressed by the pointer through the cover panel is detected by measuring a change of a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode when the front surface of the cover panel is pressed as a change of electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. The touch panel further includes a ground electrode formed on an outer peripheral side of the first electrode of the cover panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kageyasu MIYAHARA, Seiichiro MORI, Yusuke SHIMASAKI, Takeshi ONO, Tae ORITA
  • Publication number: 20210041985
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover panel, a touch sensor substrate in which a sensor electrode for detecting a position of a pointing object is disposed in a detection region, an adhesive agent being disposed between the cover panel and the touch sensor substrate, a first electrode being disposed in an outer region of a region corresponding to the detection region of a second surface of the cover panel, and a second electrode being disposed to overlap a part of the first electrode in plan view in an outer region of the detection region of a third surface of the touch sensor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro MORI, Takeshi ONO, Tae ORITA, Yuichi SASAKI, Masaya NIDAIRA, Yusuke SHIMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200285366
    Abstract: A touch panel according to the present invention includes a touch sensor substrate having a touch sensor portion in the central portion of the touch sensor substrate and having a first electrode and a second electrode in the inner peripheral portion of the touch sensor substrate, a protective plate to cover the front surface of the touch sensor substrate, a dielectric sheet provided between the touch sensor substrate and the protective plate, and a conductive member disposed at a position so as to face the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode, the second electrode, and the conductive member constitute a pressure-sensitive sensor. With this structure, a touch panel having a pressure-sensitive sensor and a display device provided with the touch panel can be manufactured without an increase in the manufacturing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi AGARI, Tae ORITA, Takeshi ONO, Toshiaki FUJINO, Seiichiro MORI
  • Publication number: 20200218351
    Abstract: Tactile electrodes include a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes that are alternately arranged with an interval therebetween on a transparent insulating substrate. A dielectric layer covers the tactile electrodes. A voltage supply circuit applies a voltage signal having a first frequency to those of the first electrodes that are located on at least a partial region of the transparent insulating substrate, and applies a voltage signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency to those of the second electrodes that are located on at least the partial region of the transparent insulating substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae ORITA, Masafumi AGARI, Takeshi ONO
  • Patent number: 10545575
    Abstract: A plurality of excitation electrodes, each disposed along a row direction, are provided on a back side of a transparent substrate, and a plurality of detection electrodes, each disposed along a column direction, a plurality of tactile sensation generation row electrodes, each disposed along the row direction, and a plurality of tactile sensation generation column electrodes, each disposed along the column direction, are provided on the front side of the transparent substrate. The front side of the transparent substrate is defined as an operation screen. The excitation electrodes and the tactile sensation generation row electrodes are formed independently of each other, and the detection electrodes and the tactile sensation generation column electrodes are formed independently of each other. In the configuration, the excitation electrodes among the electrodes are situated furthest from the operation screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Agari, Naoki Nakagawa, Tae Orita, Takeshi Ono, Seiichiro Mori
  • Patent number: 10521037
    Abstract: A light-shielding portion is provided on an inner surface of a first substrate and has an opening pattern. A color material portion is provided on the inner surface of the first substrate. A second substrate faces the inner surface of the first substrate. Inner sensor electrodes are provided between the inner surface of the first substrate and the second substrate, and are included in the light-shielding portion in a plan view. Outer sensor electrodes are made of metal and are provided on an observation surface of the first substrate. The projection of the outer sensor electrode onto the inner surface of the first substrate through the optical path corresponding to the viewing angle is included in the light-shielding portion in a plan view. Each of the outer sensor electrodes includes a region extending along one direction parallel to a lateral direction of the display panel with a touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Orita, Takeshi Ono, Masafumi Agari, Seiichiro Mori, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10401996
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a display functional portion formed of a display functional layer sandwiched between transparent substrates facing each other; and a touch screen portion that includes lower wiring and upper wiring made of a conductive metal material, that includes an interlayer insulating film located between the lower wiring and the upper wiring, and that includes a protective film covering the lower wiring, the upper wiring, and the interlayer insulating film. The lower wiring of the touch screen portion is formed on a surface on an observer side of the transparent substrate on the observer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Orita, Naoki Nakagawa, Takeshi Ono, Masafumi Agari, Seiichiro Mori, Takashi Miyayama, Takuji Imamura
  • Publication number: 20190258340
    Abstract: A display device according to the present invention includes a touch panel, a dielectric sheet, a frame, and a display panel. The touch panel has a touch sensor portion in the middle and a first electrode in an inner peripheral portion. Further, the dielectric sheet is closely adhered the back surface of the touch panel in its front surface. The frame has an opening in the central portion thereof and a second electrode in a marginal portion that is closely adhered the back surface of the dielectric sheet. The display panel has a display surface to display a screen image and the display surface is closely adhered the back surface of the dielectric sheet in the opening of the frame. The first electrode and the second electrode constitute a pressure-sensitive sensor that has a function to detect a pressing force when an operation element touches the front surface of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi AGARI, Tae ORITA, Takeshi ONO, Toshiaki FUJINO, Kozo ISHIDA, Seiichiro MORI
  • Patent number: 10359890
    Abstract: A lower electrode and an upper electrode have crossing portions where first element wiring of a mesh of the lower electrode and second element wiring of a mesh of the upper electrode cross each other in three dimensions. The lower electrode includes row-direction wiring and a floating electrode that are insulated from each other by disconnected portions provided to the first element wiring other than the crossing portions. The upper electrode includes column-direction wiring and a floating electrode that are insulated from each other by disconnected portions provided to the second element wiring other than the crossing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Takeshi Ono, Tae Orita, Takashi Miyayama
  • Publication number: 20190042039
    Abstract: A light-shielding portion is provided on an inner surface of a first substrate and has an opening pattern. A color material portion is provided on the inner surface of the first substrate. A second substrate faces the inner surface of the first substrate. Inner sensor electrodes are provided between the inner surface of the first substrate and the second substrate, and are included in the light-shielding portion in a plan view. Outer sensor electrodes are made of metal and are provided on an observation surface of the first substrate. The projection of the outer sensor electrode onto the inner surface of the first substrate through the optical path corresponding to the viewing angle is included in the light-shielding portion in a plan view. Each of the outer sensor electrodes includes a region extending along one direction parallel to a lateral direction of the display panel with a touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae ORITA, Takeshi ONO, Masafumi AGARI, Seiichiro MORI, Tatsuya NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10120510
    Abstract: A touch screen according to the present invention includes a plurality of row direction wires and a plurality of column direction wires provided to intersect with each other through an insulating film in planar view. The plurality of row direction wires includes a mesh-like wire having a plurality of first row direction wires extending in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of second row direction wires extending in the lateral direction. The plurality of column direction wires includes a mesh-like wire having a plurality of first column direction wires extending in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of second column direction wires extending in the lateral direction, and each of the first row direction wires and each of the first column direction wires are provided at an interval of p/3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Tae Orita
  • Patent number: 9933907
    Abstract: A plurality of first lattice passing line segments are defined. The first lattice passing line segments extend in a first direction through lattice points adjacent to each other among a plurality of lattice points at which a plurality of first component portions and a plurality of second component portions of a black matrix are connected to each other. Ones of two or more first partial wires and two or more first lattice passing line segments are arranged in straight lines extending in the first direction, and the other ones are arranged along the first direction and located at unequal distances from the ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takashi Miyayama, Tae Orita
  • Publication number: 20180011537
    Abstract: A plurality of excitation electrodes, each disposed along a row direction, are provided on a back side of a transparent substrate, and a plurality of detection electrodes, each disposed along a column direction, a plurality of tactile sensation generation row electrodes, each disposed along the row direction, and a plurality of tactile sensation generation column electrodes, each disposed along the column direction, are provided on the front side of the transparent substrate. The front side of the transparent substrate is defined as an operation screen. The excitation electrodes and the tactile sensation generation row electrodes are formed independently of each other, and the detection electrodes and the tactile sensation generation column electrodes are formed independently of each other. In the configuration, the excitation electrodes among the electrodes are situated furthest from the operation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi AGARI, Naoki NAKAGAWA, Tae ORITA, Takeshi ONO, Seiichiro MORI
  • Patent number: 9760230
    Abstract: A touch screen according to the present invention includes: a substrate; and a plurality of row direction wirings and a plurality of column direction wirings which are disposed on the substrate to intersect through an insulating film in a stereoscopic view, and at an intersection portion of each of the row direction wirings and each of the column direction wirings, wiring width of at least one of the row direction wiring and the column direction wiring is wider than a portion other than the intersection portion in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takashi Miyayama, Masafumi Agari, Tae Orita
  • Patent number: 9760229
    Abstract: A touch screen according to the present invention includes: a transparent substrate; a plurality of row-direction wirings and a plurality of column-direction wirings provided on the transparent substrate, the row-direction wirings and the column-direction wirings intersecting via an inter-layer insulating film with each other in a stereoscopic view; a plurality of lead-out wirings each provided to be electrically extended from each of first ends of the said row-direction wirings and the column-direction wirings; and a shield wiring provided to surround in a planar view the row-direction wirings, the column-direction wirings, and the lead-out wirings, wherein the row-direction wirings, the column-direction wirings, and the shield wiring have comb-teeth parts which are formed to have comb-teeth shapes such that distances from the shield wiring to the row-direction wirings and the column-direction wirings are small at predetermined parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Takeshi Ono, Takashi Miyayama, Naoki Nakagawa, Masafumi Agari, Tae Orita
  • Patent number: 9645695
    Abstract: Detection column wires and detection row wires are formed by fine wires made of a light-reflective conductive material. The detection column wires are divided into a plurality of column-direction wire bundles each including a predetermined number of detection column wires electrically connected to one another. The detection row wires are divided into a plurality of row-direction wire bundles each including a predetermined number of detection row wires electrically connected to one another. Reflected light distribution patterns are further provided. The reflected light distribution patterns each include a curved portion that is curved when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a surface of a touch screen, are arranged so that normals to the curved portion are directed towards all directions, and are dispersed so that regions, of curved portions, in which normals are perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of pixels are not aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Orita, Naoki Nakagawa, Takeshi Ono, Masafumi Agari, Seiichiro Mori, Takashi Miyayama, Takuji Imamura, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170075461
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a display functional portion formed of a display functional layer sandwiched between transparent substrates facing each other; and a touch screen portion that includes lower wiring and upper wiring made of a conductive metal material, that includes an interlayer insulating film located between the lower wiring and the upper wiring, and that includes a protective film covering the lower wiring, the upper wiring, and the interlayer insulating film. The lower wiring of the touch screen portion is formed on a surface on an observer side of the transparent substrate on the observer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae ORITA, Naoki NAKAGAWA, Takeshi ONO, Masafumi AGARI, Seiichiro MORI, Takashi MIYAYAMA, Takuji IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 9542053
    Abstract: A touch screen according to the present invention includes a transparent substrate, a first detection electrode formed on the transparent substrate, a second detection electrode disposed to sterically cross the first detection electrode via an interlayer insulating film, and a polarizing plate bonded to cover the second detection electrode. Each of the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode includes, as a repetition unit, thin wire electrodes that incline in different directions and cross each other. The thin wire electrodes are formed of a combination of a plurality of conductive thin wires extending in a direction inclined 10 degrees or less from a transmission axis direction or an absorption axis direction of the polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takuji Imamura, Takashi Miyayama, Tae Orita, Masafumi Agari, Naoki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20160357285
    Abstract: A plurality of first lattice passing line segments are defined. The first lattice passing line segments extend in a first direction through lattice points adjacent to each other among a plurality of lattice points at which a plurality of first component portions and a plurality of second component portions of a black matrix are connected to each other. Ones of two or more first partial wires and two or more first lattice passing line segments are arranged in straight lines extending in the first direction, and the other ones are arranged along the first direction and located at unequal distances from the ones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi ONO, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Takashi MIYAYAMA, Tae ORITA