Patents by Inventor Takeo Koito

Takeo Koito 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: 10816818
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display portion and a light control element, wherein the display portion includes a pixel group including sub-pixels for displaying an image of L viewpoints, the light control element includes light controllers, the light controllers, the number of which is equal to m, overlap the pixel group, L and m each represent a natural number greater than or equal to 2, the light controller overlaps the sub-pixels, the number of which is equal to P, arranged in a first direction, and P, L, m satisfy the relationship of P=L/3m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Shuji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10788720
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a reflective layer, a liquid crystal element opposing the display panel and a controller that controls the liquid crystal element. The liquid crystal element includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first control electrode, a second control electrode, a third control electrode, and a fourth control electrode. The controller applies a first voltage for forming a first lens of a first shape, to the first control electrode and the second control electrode, and a second voltage for forming a second lens of a second shape, to the third control electrode and the fourth control electrode. The first shape is different from the second shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Takayuki Nakanishi, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 10761341
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display module which emits display light, an optical element which transmits or reflects the display light, and a reflective element which retroreflects the display light reflected from the optical element. The reflective element includes a first reflector including a first retroreflective surface having retroreflective properties, a first end portion, and a second end portion which is more separated from the optical element than the first end portion, and a second reflector including a third end portion, which overlaps the second end portion and is closer to the optical element than the second end portion, and a second retroreflective surface having retroreflective properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Yudai Numata
  • Patent number: 10739905
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel, a detection electrode, a conductive member arranged at intervals from the display panel and the detection electrode, and controller. In a first sense period, the controller drives a common electrode of the display panel or the detection electrode and extracts input position data from the detection electrode. In a second sense period, the controller drives the conductive member and extracts first input pressure data from a first electrode, the controller drives a second electrode and extracts second input pressure data from the conductive member, or the controller drives a third electrode and extracts third input pressure data from the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Masaya Tamaki, Takeo Koito, Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20200210013
    Abstract: A detection device is provided and includes a detection electrode including first wire pieces, the detection electrode including a first wire and a second wire; and second wire pieces between the first wire and the second wire, wherein the first wire includes a first bent portion, the second wire includes a second bent portion, the first and second bent portions are formed by two of the first wire pieces including first and second edges, an angle of the first bent portion is different from an angle of the second bent portion, the first edge of the first bent portion is connected to the first edge of the second bent portion by a connecting portion, the second edge of the first bent portion is not in contact with the second edge of the second bent portion, and each of the second wire pieces is not connected to the first wire, the second wire, and the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takeo KOITO, Koji ISHIZAKI, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20200166821
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a photodetector includes a sensor unit including at least one photosensor, a liquid crystal element including a first substrate includes a plurality of first control electrodes, a second substrate including a second control electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a liquid crystal controller which controls a voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal layer for forming a first lens that is opposed to the photosensor in the liquid crystal layer, and a sensor controller which controls the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki NAKANISHI, Tatsuya YATA, Takeo KOITO
  • Patent number: 10649272
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display which emits display light, an optical element including a transmission axis which transmit first linearly polarized light, which reflects second linearly polarized light crossing the transmission axis and a retroreflective element which retroreflects the display light, and the retroreflective element includes a first portion including a first surface, a second portion including a second surface and a third portion disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and an angle made by the first surface and the second surface is greater than 0° and less than 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yudai Numata, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 10599246
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detecting function includes: a substrate; a display area; a touch detection electrode provided with a plurality of conductive thin wires, each of the conductive thin wires including a plurality of thin wire pieces each having a linear shape and including a first end and a second end; a drive electrode; and a display functional layer. The adjacent thin wire pieces are arranged so as to be bent at a bent portion serving as a portion at which the second end of the one thin wire piece of the adjacent thin wire pieces is connected to the first end of the other thin wire piece of the adjacent thin wire pieces, and the conductive thin wires include a bent portion having an angle formed by the adjacent thin wire pieces different from angles of the other bent portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 10585329
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a photodetector includes a sensor unit including at least one photosensor, a liquid crystal element including a first substrate includes a plurality of first control electrodes, a second substrate including a second control electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a liquid crystal controller which controls a voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal layer for forming a first lens that is opposed to the photosensor in the liquid crystal layer, and a sensor controller which controls the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Tatsuya Yata, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 10534208
    Abstract: A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a display unit that displays an image including a plurality of viewpoint images; and a separator that includes a plurality of first electrodes that form, at a first pitch, a plurality of first unit separators that separate the plurality of viewpoint images, a plurality of second electrodes that form a plurality of second unit separators at a second pitch which is different from the first pitch, and a liquid crystal layer. The plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are opposed to each other with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Yingbao Yang, Daichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10502970
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a light modulating element which transmits or reflects incident light, a display unit which emits display light toward the light modulating element, and a retroreflective element which retroreflects the display light reflected from the light modulating element, the light modulating element including an inner surface on a side opposed to the display unit and the retroreflective element, and an outer surface on a side opposite to the inner surface, the light modulating element includes a first mode of transmitting light incident from the outer surface at a first transmittance, and a second mode of transmitting the light incident from the outer surface at a second transmittance lower than the first transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Yudai Numata
  • Publication number: 20190353916
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display portion and a light control element, wherein the display portion includes a pixel group including sub-pixels for displaying an image of L viewpoints, the light control element includes light controllers, the light controllers, the number of which is equal to m, overlap the pixel group, L and m each represent a natural number greater than or equal to 2, the light controller overlaps the sub-pixels, the number of which is equal to P, arranged in a first direction, and P, L, m satisfy the relationship of P=L/3m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo KOITO, Shuji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10481465
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light source unit which emits light, a modulation element includes a modulation portion which modulates incident light, and a non-modulation portion which is adjacent to the modulation portion, and a liquid crystal element located between the light source unit and the modulation element, the liquid crystal element forming a lens between the light source unit and the modulation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Tatsuya Yata, Takeo Koito
  • Publication number: 20190349574
    Abstract: A display device including a display part including a pixel of a first series having a first horizontal pixel width and a pixel of a second series having a second horizontal pixel width smaller than the first horizontal pixel width, the pixels of the first series and the pixels of the second series being arrayed alternately in each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and a light beam control part that controls a light beam from the display part or a light beam toward the display part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Daisuke Takama
  • Patent number: 10473969
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes first and second retroreflective elements which retroreflect incident light, an optical element which is located between the first retroreflective element and the second retroreflective element, and includes a first surface facing the first retroreflective element and a second surface facing the second retroreflective element and a display unit which is located on a side facing the first surface and emits display light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yudai Numata, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 10455223
    Abstract: A display device including a display part including a pixel of a first series having a first horizontal pixel width and a pixel of a second series having a second horizontal pixel width smaller than the first horizontal pixel width, the pixels of the first series and the pixels of the second series being arrayed alternately in each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and a light beam control part that controls a light beam from the display part or a light beam toward the display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Daisuke Takama
  • Publication number: 20190293977
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes pixels arranged in first and second directions and having a pixel region and including: first and second electrodes; and an alignment film having an alignment direction, wherein the first electrode has: a plurality of electrode branches each having first and second ends in the first direction; a slit between adjacent two branches; a first connection connecting the first ends; a second connection connecting the second ends; and a contact hole adjacent to second connection, wherein the first electrode has areas including: a main portion; and a bent portion that is adjacent to the contact hole and that includes the second end, the bent portion being bent relative to main portion at an angle not less than 7 degrees with respect to alignment direction, wherein an area ratio of the bent portion relative to entire area of the pixel region is not more than 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SAKURAI, Hironao TANAKA, Harumi OKUNO, Takeo KOITO
  • Publication number: 20190293949
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, display device includes an optical member including a first main surface, and a second main surface on a side opposite to the first main surface, the optical member configured to form an image on a side of the second main surface with light incident from the first main surface, a reflective member including a reflective surface opposed to the first main surface, and a display portion located between the optical member and the reflective member, wherein the reflective member is arranged parallel to the optical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yudai NUMATA, Takeo Koito
  • Publication number: 20190258356
    Abstract: A touch panel is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the touch panel includes a substrate with first and second surfaces, a drive electrode facing the first surface, a plurality of touch detection electrodes facing the second surface, and a dummy electrode between adjacent touch detection electrodes. Each touch detection electrode includes a first conductive thin wire extending parallel to the first and second surfaces. The dummy electrode includes a second conductive thin wire extending along the first conductive thin wire. The first conductive thin wire includes a first bent portion and a second bent portion alternately arranged with the first conductive thin wire having a zigzag pattern. The second conductive thin wire includes a third bent portion and a slit that are alternately arranged. The third bent portion is arranged on a virtual straight line formed by virtually connecting the first bent portions of one first conductive thin wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Hayato KURASAWA, Takeo KOITO
  • Patent number: 10386671
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel and an illumination device. The illumination device includes a light source unit, at least one light-shielding body which blocks part of the light emitted from the light source unit, at least one lens which refracts the light emitted from the light source unit, and an illumination controller. The illumination controller controls a first mode in which the light-shielding body and the lens are arranged at a first position, and a second mode in which at least one of the light-shielding body and the lens is arranged at a second position, which is different from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takeo Koito