Patents by Inventor Takahiko Watanabe
Takahiko Watanabe 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: 11922307Abstract: With respect to an inference method performed by at least one processor, the method includes inputting, by the at least one processor, into a learned model, non-processed object image data of a second object and data related to a second process for the second object, and inferring, by the at least one processor using the learned model, processed object image data of the second object on which the second process has been performed. The learned model has been trained so that an output obtained in response to non-processed object image data of a first object and data related to a first process for the first object being input approaches processed object image data of the first object on which the first process has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: Preferred Networks, Inc., Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Kosuke Nakago, Daisuke Motoki, Masaki Watanabe, Tomoki Komatsu, Hironori Moki, Masanobu Honda, Takahiko Kato, Tomohiko Niizeki
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Patent number: 10031381Abstract: A lateral-electric-field mode liquid crystal display device includes: substrates; a liquid crystal layer; plural scanning lines and plural data lines crossing on one of the substrates; plural pixels formed by the scanning lines and the data lines; at least one strip-shaped pixel electrode arranged in each pixel and extending along the data line or the scanning line; a common electrode located in a layer closer to the liquid crystal layer than the strip-shaped pixel electrodes so as to cover the scanning lines and the data lines; and a first rectangular pixel electrode connected with one end of each of the at least one strip-shaped pixel electrode to from a T shape. The first rectangular pixel electrode overlaps with corner parts of an opening section of the common electrode, where the corners are closer to the first rectangular pixel electrode than the other corners of the opening section.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Ito, Shinichi Nishida, Takahiko Watanabe
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Publication number: 20160274424Abstract: A transverse electric field-type liquid crystal display device displays by rotating homogeneous-aligned liquid crystals by a transverse electric field substantially parallel to a substrate, applied across a pixel electrode and a common electrode, assuring sufficient storage capacitance while enlarging the area of driving the liquid crystal molecules in a sub pixel. A source pixel electrode connected to a source electrode extends along the data line, a storage capacitance electrode formed by the same layer as the data line is formed above an adjacent scan line so as to overlap the adjacent scan line, the source pixel electrode is disposed so as to be connected to the storage capacitance electrode and a pixel along one side, an interlayer film is formed over the source pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed by a transparent conductive film are formed over the interlayer film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Shinichi NISHIDA, Naoyuki TAGUCHI, Takahiko WATANABE
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Patent number: 9448447Abstract: A lateral electric field type liquid crystal display device includes substrates, liquid crystal put between the substrates, scan lines and data lines arranged on one of the substrates, and pixels each of whose boundary is defined by two scan lines and two data lines. In each pixel, a strip-shaped electrode and a common electrode are formed with an insulating film put thereamong, and the pixel electrode is arranged to extend close along one of the data lines. In each pixel, a part of the common electrode covering one of the data lines overlaps with the pixel electrode, the pixel electrode partially projects from the overlapping area, and a side edge of the projecting part of the pixel electrode is separated from a side edge of a part of the common electrode covering the other data line so as to generate a lateral electric field to drive the liquid crystal.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Ito, Shinichi Nishida, Takahiko Watanabe
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Patent number: 9389464Abstract: A transverse electric field-type liquid crystal display device displays by rotating homogeneous-aligned liquid crystals by a transverse electric field substantially parallel to a substrate, applied across a pixel electrode and a common electrode, assuring sufficient storage capacitance while enlarging the area of driving the liquid crystal molecules in a sub pixel. A source pixel electrode connected to a source electrode extends along the data line, a storage capacitance electrode formed by the same layer as the data line is formed above an adjacent scan line so as to overlap the adjacent scan line, the source pixel electrode is disposed so as to be connected to the storage capacitance electrode and a pixel along one side, an interlayer film is formed over the source pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed by a transparent conductive film are formed over the interlayer film.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Naoyuki Taguchi, Takahiko Watanabe
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Patent number: 9316851Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of a lateral electric field type performs display by rotating homogeneous-aligned liquid crystals by a lateral electric field substantially parallel to a substrate, which is applied across a pixel electrode and a common electrode, to increase the aperture ratio of a liquid crystal panel by narrowing the width of a black matrix provided along a data line. A source pixel electrode connected to a source electrode extends along the data line, a storage capacitance electrode formed by the same layer as the data line overlaps an adjacent scan line, the source pixel electrode is disposed so as to be connected to the storage capacitance electrode and a pixel along one side, an interlayer film is formed on the source pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed by a transparent conductive film are formed on the interlayer film.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Naoyuki Taguchi, Takahiko Watanabe
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Publication number: 20150234245Abstract: A lateral-electric-field mode liquid crystal display device includes: substrates; a liquid crystal layer; plural scanning lines and plural data lines crossing on one of the substrates; plural pixels formed by the scanning lines and the data lines; at least one strip-shaped pixel electrode arranged in each pixel and extending along the data line or the scanning line; a common electrode located in a layer closer to the liquid crystal layer than the strip-shaped pixel electrodes so as to cover the scanning lines and the data lines; and a first rectangular pixel electrode connected with one end of each of the at least one strip-shaped pixel electrode to from a T shape. The first rectangular pixel electrode overlaps with corner parts of an opening section of the common electrode, where the corners are closer to the first rectangular pixel electrode than the other corners of the opening section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Hideki ITO, Shinichi NISHIDA, Takahiko WATANABE
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Patent number: 9091889Abstract: To provide a structure of an electrically stable step film of a columnar spacer, which can be formed in a region of a storage capacitor without increasing the number of steps. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention further includes, in all the pixels, step films of a same area formed with a semiconductor layer within a storage capacitor forming part. The pixels includes a kind in which the columnar spacer is provided at a position abutting against a step film forming part and a kind in which the columnar spacer is provided at a position away from the step film forming part.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Ito, Shinichi Nishida, Takahiko Watanabe, Atsushi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8755011Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes first to N-th 1st retardation plates arranged on the first transparent substrate, and the second substrate includes first to N-th 2nd retardation plates arranged on the second transparent substrate. Assuming that a retardation plate among the first to N-th 1st retardation plates has an optical axis arranged at a first angle relative to a reference direction and a retardation plate among the first to N-th 2nd retardation plates, corresponding to the retardation plate among the first to N-th 1st retardation plates, has an optical axis arranged at a second angle relative to the reference direction, the first and second angles are different from each other by about 90 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Ikeno, Michiaki Sakamoto, Takahiko Watanabe, Teruaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140071386Abstract: A lateral electric field type liquid crystal display device includes substrates, liquid crystal put between the substrates, scan lines and data lines arranged on one of the substrates, and pixels each of whose boundary is defined by two scan lines and two data lines. In each pixel, a strip-shaped electrode and a common electrode are formed with an insulating film put thereamong, and the pixel electrode is arranged to extend close along one of the data lines. In each pixel, a part of the common electrode covering one of the data lines overlaps with the pixel electrode, the pixel electrode partially projects from the overlapping area, and a side edge of the projecting part of the pixel electrode is separated from a side edge of a part of the common electrode covering the other data line so as to generate a lateral electric field to drive the liquid crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideki ITO, Shinichi NISHIDA, Takahiko WATANABE
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Patent number: 8587752Abstract: A normally-black active-matrix-type liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate having color layers of three or more colors and a second substrate on which an active-matrix array is formed. The first substrate has a structure, which is devoid of a black matrix, in which the color layers are stacked in a frame portion surrounding the display area. A first light-shielding layer in which color layers of three of more colors are stacked is formed on the frame portion on a side of the display area from which scanning lines are led out and on a side of the display area from which data lines are led out, from among four sides of the display area. A second light-shielding layer in which color layers of two colors are built up is formed on the frame portion on at least one side of the other remaining sides of the display area.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Sounosuke Takahashi, Takahiko Watanabe, Yoshikazu Sakaguchi, Taku Kawasaki
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Patent number: 8547510Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by controlling an orientation direction of a liquid crystal mixture with respect to each pixel, includes a first common electrode which is formed on a first substrate; a second common electrode which is formed on a second substrate and includes a predetermined opening; and a pixel electrode which is formed on the second substrate, wherein the first substrate faces the second substrate so that the liquid crystal mixture with positive dielectric anisotropy is sandwiched between the first common electrode and the second common electrode, and wherein the orientation direction of the liquid crystal mixture changes mainly in a face parallel to the substrate according to an electric field generated from electric potential of the first common electrode, the second common electrode, and the pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2008Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Matsuyama, Takahiko Watanabe
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Publication number: 20130242221Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of a lateral electric field type performs display by rotating homogeneous-aligned liquid crystals by a lateral electric field substantially parallel to a substrate, which is applied across a pixel electrode and a common electrode, to increase the aperture ratio of a liquid crystal panel by narrowing the width of a black matrix provided along a data line. A source pixel electrode connected to a source electrode extends along the data line, a storage capacitance electrode formed by the same layer as the data line overlaps an adjacent scan line, the source pixel electrode is disposed so as to be connected to the storage capacitance electrode and a pixel along one side, an interlayer film is formed on the source pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed by a transparent conductive film are formed on the interlayer film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTDInventors: Shinichi NISHIDA, Naoyuki TAGUCHI, Takahiko WATANABE
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Publication number: 20130242222Abstract: A transverse electric field-type liquid crystal display device displays by rotating homogeneous-aligned liquid crystals by a transverse electric field substantially parallel to a substrate, applied across a pixel electrode and a common electrode, assuring sufficient storage capacitance while enlarging the area of driving the liquid crystal molecules in a sub pixel. A source pixel electrode connected to a source electrode extends along the data line, a storage capacitance electrode formed by the same layer as the data line is formed above an adjacent scan line so as to overlap the adjacent scan line, the source pixel electrode is disposed so as to be connected to the storage capacitance electrode and a pixel along one side, an interlayer film is formed over the source pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed by a transparent conductive film are formed over the interlayer film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi NISHIDA, Naoyuki TAGUCHI, Takahiko WATANABE
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Publication number: 20120133853Abstract: To provide a structure of an electrically stable step film of a columnar spacer, which can be formed in a region of a storage capacitor without increasing the number of steps. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention further includes, in all the pixels, step films of a same area formed with a semiconductor layer within a storage capacitor forming part. The pixels includes a kind in which the columnar spacer is provided at a position abutting against a step film forming part and a kind in which the columnar spacer is provided at a position away from the step film forming part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideki ITO, Shinichi NISHIDA, Takahiko WATANABE, Atsushi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20110128484Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes first to N-th 1st retardation plates arranged on the first transparent substrate, and the second substrate includes first to N-th 2nd retardation plates arranged on the second transparent substrate. Assuming that a retardation plate among the first to N-th 1st retardation plates has an optical axis arranged at a first angle relative to a reference direction and a retardation plate among the first to N-th 2nd retardation plates, corresponding to the retardation plate among the first to N-th 1st retardation plates, has an optical axis arranged at a second angle relative to the reference direction, the first and second angles are different from each other by about 90 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: HIDENORI IKENO, MICHIAKI SAKAMOTO, TAKAHIKO WATANABE, TERUAKI SUZUKI
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Patent number: 7894028Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes first to N-th 1st retardation plates arranged on the first transparent substrate, and the second substrate includes first to N-th 2nd retardation plates arranged on the second transparent substrate. Assuming that a retardation plate among the first to N-th 1st retardation plates has an optical axis arranged at a first angle relative to a reference direction and a retardation plate among the first to N-th 2nd retardation plates, corresponding to the retardation plate among the first to N-th 1st retardation plates, has an optical axis arranged at a second angle relative to the reference direction, the first and second angles are different from each other by about 90 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: NEC LCD TechnologiesInventors: Hidenori Ikeno, Michiaki Sakamoto, Takahiko Watanabe, Teruaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20100149467Abstract: A normally-black active-matrix-type liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate having color layers of three or more colors and a second substrate on which an active-matrix array is formed. The first substrate has a structure, which is devoid of a black matrix, in which the color layers are stacked in a frame portion surrounding the display area. A first light-shielding layer in which color layers of three of more colors are stacked is formed on the frame portion on a side of the display area from which scanning lines are led out and on a side of the display area from which data lines are led out, from among four sides of the display area. A second light-shielding layer in which color layers of two colors are built up is formed on the frame portion on at least one side of the other remaining sides of the display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi NISHIDA, Sounosuke TAKAHASHI, Takahiko WATANABE, Yoshikazu SAKAGUCHI, Taku KAWASAKI
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Patent number: 7626671Abstract: An active matrix LCD device includes a TFT panel, a counter panel and liquid crystal interposed therebetween. The TFT panel includes a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of common lines formed in one layer and extending in a row direction, and a plurality of signal lines extending in a column direction. A coupling line for coupling the common lines together is disposed outside the pixel array of the TFT panel, such as in a TCP mounted on the TFT panel and mounting thereon a driver IC for driving the scanning lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kimura, Hiroaki Tanaka, Akira Fujita, Kiyofumi Kudou, Takahiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Uchida, Akitoshi Maeda
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Patent number: 7561238Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate 101 having a color filter, a second substrate 131 and a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, a color filter layer 110 is disposed on a protection film 108 of a thin film transistor formed on the first substrate 101 so as to be partitioned by a light shielding portion 111, and a common electrode 103 is disposed thereon. A pixel electrode to be connected to a source electrode 107 is disposed through a through hole formed in an overcoat layer (interlayer separation film) 112. On the first substrate below the color filter layer 110 are provided plural scan signal electrodes, plural video signal electrodes crossing the scan signal electrodes in a matrix form, plural thin film transistors formed in association with the crossing points between the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Michiaki Sakamoto, Takahiko Watanabe, Hirofumi Ihara, Hironori Kikkawa, Mamoru Okamoto, Shinichi Nakata, Yuji Yamamoto, Masayoshi Suzuki, Teruaki Suzuki, Toshiya Ishii, Hiroshi Kanoh