Patents by Inventor Takahiro NISHIWAKI

Takahiro NISHIWAKI 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: 11940696
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first wire, a first electrode adjacent to the first wire and closer to the second substrate than the first wire, a second electrode closer to the second substrate than the first electrode and disposed to overlap the first wire and the first electrode, a first overlap section, disposed to overlap at least the first wire, that blocks light, and a third electrode closer to the second substrate than the first wire and further away from the second substate than the first electrode. A plurality of slits is formed in the second electrode, the plurality of slits being placed at spacings from one another and cutting across the first wire and the first electrode. The third electrode is disposed to overlap at least both the first wire and the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nemoto, Shogo Nishiwaki
  • Patent number: 9433338
    Abstract: An imaging element includes: a plurality of pixels; first vertical transfer lines; a second vertical transfer line; a reference voltage generator configured to generate a first reference voltage for a column-black reference signal, a second reference voltage for a line-black reference signal and a third reference voltage for phase adjustment; a phase adjusting signal generator configured to output a phase adjusting signal corresponding to the third reference voltage; a first reference signal generator configured to generate a column-black reference signal corresponding to the first reference voltage; a second reference signal generator configured to generate a line-black reference signal corresponding to the second reference voltage; and a timing generator configured to drive the phase adjusting signal generator, the first reference signal generator and the second reference signal generator to transmit the phase adjusting signal, the column-black reference signal and the line-black reference signal, respectiv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nana Akahane, Makoto Ono, Takahiro Nishiwaki, Katsumi Hosogai
  • Publication number: 20160022117
    Abstract: An imaging element includes: a plurality of pixels; first vertical transfer lines; a second vertical transfer line; a reference voltage generator configured to generate a first reference voltage for a column-black reference signal, a second reference voltage for a line-black reference signal and a third reference voltage for phase adjustment; a phase adjusting signal generator configured to output a phase adjusting signal corresponding to the third reference voltage; a first reference signal generator configured to generate a column-black reference signal corresponding to the first reference voltage; a second reference signal generator configured to generate a line-black reference signal corresponding to the second reference voltage; and a timing generator configured to drive the phase adjusting signal generator, the first reference signal generator and the second reference signal generator to transmit the phase adjusting signal, the column-black reference signal and the line-black reference signal, respectiv
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nana AKAHANE, Makoto ONO, Takahiro NISHIWAKI, Katsumi HOSOGAI
  • Patent number: 9191591
    Abstract: An imaging device causes a signal to be output from a first transfer line via a second transfer unit by a noise signal reading operation and a light-noise sum signal reading operation, the noise signal reading operation resetting a transfer capacitor when a signal of a charge converter is output to the first transfer line after a first transfer unit is turned into an OFF state and the charge converter is reset, and the light-noise sum signal reading operation outputting the signal of the charge converter to the first transfer line after the transfer capacitor resetting unit is turned into an OFF state, the first transfer unit is turned into an ON state, and a charge accumulated by a photoelectric conversion element is transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nana Akahane, Makoto Ono, Takahiro Nishiwaki, Satoru Adachi
  • Publication number: 20140320618
    Abstract: An imaging device causes a signal to be output from a first transfer line via a second transfer unit by a noise signal reading operation and a light-noise sum signal reading operation, the noise signal reading operation resetting a transfer capacitor when a signal of a charge converter is output to the first transfer line after a first transfer unit is turned into an OFF state and the charge converter is reset, and the light-noise sum signal reading operation outputting the signal of the charge converter to the first transfer line after the transfer capacitor resetting unit is turned into an OFF state, the first transfer unit is turned into an ON state, and a charge accumulated by a photoelectric conversion element is transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Nana AKAHANE, Makoto ONO, Takahiro NISHIWAKI, Satoru ADACHI