Patents by Inventor Teiichiro Nakamura

Teiichiro Nakamura 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: 11209691
    Abstract: A second substrate of an electro-optical device includes a first light-shielding layer formed around a display region, and a peripheral region of a first substrate is provided with a second light-shielding layer, a third light-shielding layer, and a translucent region overlapping neither the second light-shielding layer nor the third light-shielding layer. A maximum incident angle ? of light-source light being incident on an electro-optical layer from the second substrate, a maximum width W of the translucent region, and a thickness d between an end portion on an edge of the third light-shielding layer at a side opposite to the first light-shielding layer, and the first light-shielding layer satisfy the following relationship: W<2×d×tan ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210103183
    Abstract: A second substrate of an electro-optical device includes a first light-shielding layer formed around a display region, and a peripheral region of a first substrate is provided with a second light-shielding layer, a third light-shielding layer, and a translucent region overlapping neither the second light-shielding layer nor the third light-shielding layer. A maximum incident angle ? of light-source light being incident on an electro-optical layer from the second substrate, a maximum width W of the translucent region, and a thickness d between an end portion on an edge of the third light-shielding layer at a side opposite to the first light-shielding layer, and the first light-shielding layer satisfy the following relationship: W<2×d×tan ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10890797
    Abstract: A second substrate of an electro-optical device includes a first light-shielding layer formed around a display region, and a peripheral region of a first substrate is provided with a second light-shielding layer, a third light-shielding layer, and a translucent region overlapping neither the second light-shielding layer nor the third light-shielding layer. A maximum incident angle ? of light-source light being incident on an electro-optical layer from the second substrate, a maximum width W of the translucent region, and a thickness d between an end portion on an edge of the third light-shielding layer at a side opposite to the first light-shielding layer, and the first light-shielding layer satisfy the following relationship: W<2×d×tan ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10877334
    Abstract: In a substrate for an electro-optical device on which a plurality of individual substrates are disposed, a part of a first coupling wiring coupled to a first input terminal as a first coupling terminal on a first individual substrate is disposed between two second input terminals as two adjacent second coupling terminals in a Y direction of a second individual substrate across a scribe line as a dividing line. A part of a second coupling wiring coupled to a second input terminal is disposed between two adjacent first input terminals in the Y direction on a first individual substrate across the scribe line. A distance between the first input terminal and the second input terminal in the X direction is shorter than a distance between the two adjacent first input terminals or between the two second input terminals in the Y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200183223
    Abstract: A second substrate of an electro-optical device includes a first light-shielding layer formed around a display region, and a peripheral region of a first substrate is provided with a second light-shielding layer, a third light-shielding layer, and a translucent region overlapping neither the second light-shielding layer nor the third light-shielding layer. A maximum incident angle ? of light-source light being incident on an electro-optical layer from the second substrate, a maximum width W of the translucent region, and a thickness d between an end portion on an edge of the third light-shielding layer at a side opposite to the first light-shielding layer, and the first light-shielding layer satisfy the following relationship: W<2×d×tan ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10598978
    Abstract: A second substrate of an electro-optical device includes a first light-shielding layer formed around a display region, and a peripheral region of a first substrate is provided with a second light-shielding layer, a third light-shielding layer, and a translucent region overlapping neither the second light-shielding layer nor the third light-shielding layer. A maximum incident angle ? of light-source light being incident on an electro-optical layer from the second substrate, a maximum width W of the translucent region, and a thickness d between an end portion on an edge of the third light-shielding layer at a side opposite to the first light-shielding layer, and the first light-shielding layer satisfy the following relationship: W<2×d×tan ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200004076
    Abstract: In a substrate for an electro-optical device on which a plurality of individual substrates are disposed, a part of a first coupling wiring coupled to a first input terminal as a first coupling terminal on a first individual substrate is disposed between two second input terminals as two adjacent second coupling terminals in a Y direction of a second individual substrate across a scribe line as a dividing line. A part of a second coupling wiring coupled to a second input terminal is disposed between two adjacent first input terminals in the Y direction on a first individual substrate across the scribe line. A distance between the first input terminal and the second input terminal in the X direction is shorter than a distance between the two adjacent first input terminals or between the two second input terminals in the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190265541
    Abstract: A second substrate of an electro-optical device includes a first light-shielding layer formed around a display region, and a peripheral region of a first substrate is provided with a second light-shielding layer, a third light-shielding layer, and a translucent region overlapping neither the second light-shielding layer nor the third light-shielding layer. A maximum incident angle ? of light-source light being incident on an electro-optical layer from the second substrate, a maximum width W of the translucent region, and a thickness d between an end portion on an edge of the third light-shielding layer at a side opposite to the first light-shielding layer, and the first light-shielding layer satisfy the following relationship: W<2×d×tan ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9933677
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device including a first connection terminal electrically connected to a first signal supply line that supplies a signal to a data line driving circuit, a second connection terminal electrically connected to a second signal supply line that supplies a signal to a scanning line driving circuit, and a third connection terminal electrically connected to a peripheral electrode line, which is electrically connected to a pixel peripheral electrode disposed between a pixel region and the scanning line driving circuit, and between the pixel region and the data line driving circuit. The third connection terminal is disposed between the first connection terminal, and the second connection terminal. The peripheral electrode line is disposed so as not to planarly intersect with at least a partial line of a first signal supply line and the second signal supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170219898
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device including a first connection terminal electrically connected to a first signal supply line that supplies a signal to a data line driving circuit, a second connection terminal electrically connected to a second signal supply line that supplies a signal to a scanning line driving circuit, and a third connection terminal electrically connected to a peripheral electrode line, which is electrically connected to a pixel peripheral electrode disposed between a pixel region and the scanning line driving circuit, and between the pixel region and the data line driving circuit. The third connection terminal is disposed between the first connection terminal, and the second connection terminal. The peripheral electrode line is disposed so as not to planarly intersect with at least a partial line of a first signal supply line and the second signal supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9664967
    Abstract: In an element substrate of an electro-optical device, a data line on a first metal layer with light shielding properties overlaps a semiconductor layer in a planar view, and a relay electrode on the first metal layer with light shielding properties has an end on the first wire side which extends along the semiconductor layer in the Y direction (first direction) and faces the data line through a first gap. A second metal layer with light shielding properties is formed between the first metal layer and a layer of a pixel electrode, and a first shielding section, which overlaps the first gap in a planar view by a first projection section of a constant potential line, is configured on the second metal layer. Both the first metal layer and the second metal layer include an aluminum layer, have a small electrical resistance and a substantially infinite OD value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9651831
    Abstract: A third external connection terminal electrically connected to a peripheral electrode line is disposed between a first external connection terminal electrically connected to a data signal supply line, and a second external connection terminal electrically connected to a scan signal supply line, and the peripheral electrode line is disposed so as not to planarly intersect with the data signal supply line and the scan signal supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20160282684
    Abstract: In an element substrate of an electro-optical device, a data line on a first metal layer with light shielding properties overlaps a semiconductor layer in a planar view, and a relay electrode on the first metal layer with light shielding properties has an end on the first wire side which extends along the semiconductor layer in the Y direction (first direction) and faces the data line through a first gap. A second metal layer with light shielding properties is formed between the first metal layer and a layer of a pixel electrode, and a first shielding section, which overlaps the first gap in a planar view by a first projection section of a constant potential line, is configured on the second metal layer. Both the first metal layer and the second metal layer include an aluminum layer, have a small electrical resistance and a substantially infinite OD value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8963911
    Abstract: A first constant potential wiring that supplies a first constant potential to a scanning line drive circuit and a second constant potential wiring that supplies the first constant potential to a clock buffer circuit are electrically separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140009460
    Abstract: A first constant potential wiring that supplies a first constant potential to a scanning line drive circuit and a second constant potential wiring that supplies the first constant potential to a clock buffer circuit are electrically separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7924356
    Abstract: An electrooptical device includes a substrate having pixel regions arranged in a matrix, pixel electrodes disposed in the pixel regions of the substrate, switching elements disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate and electrically connected to the pixel electrodes, capacitors disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate to hold electrical charge on the pixel electrodes, wiring disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate, and grooves disposed in a surface of the substrate so as to extend between the pixel regions thereof. The capacitors each include a first capacitor electrode, an insulating film, and a second capacitor electrode. The wiring includes data lines and scanning lines corresponding to the switching elements. The capacitors are at least partially disposed in the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunji Kamijima, Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7898632
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, with a sealing material interposed between the first and second substrates, liquid crystals being interposed in at least an effective pixel region between the first and second substrates, comprises an alignment layer that is formed on at least one of the first and second substrates immediately below the sealing material and aligns the liquid crystals, and a lower layer formed below the alignment layer, wherein a transparent conductive layer that is firmly adhered to the alignment layer and the lower layer is formed in a region covering at least the sealing material between the alignment layer and the lower layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Magoyuki Yokokawa, Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070188689
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided. An embodiment includes a substrate, a plurality of transparent electrodes disposed above the substrate and made of a transparent conductive film, and an optical thin film disposed between the substrate and the transparent electrodes, the refractive index of the optical thin film being at an intermediate level between a refractive index of the substrate and a refractive index of the transparent electrodes, and the thickness of the optical thin film being in a range of from about 55 to about 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teiichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070165147
    Abstract: An electrooptical device includes a substrate having pixel regions arranged in a matrix, pixel electrodes disposed in the pixel regions of the substrate, switching elements disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate and electrically connected to the pixel electrodes, capacitors disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate to hold electrical charge on the pixel electrodes, wiring disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate, and grooves disposed in a surface of the substrate so as to extend between the pixel regions thereof. The capacitors each include a first capacitor electrode, an insulating film, and a second capacitor electrode. The wiring includes data lines and scanning lines corresponding to the switching elements. The capacitors are at least partially disposed in the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji KAMIJIMA, Teiichiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20070146598
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, with a sealing material interposed between the first and second substrates, liquid crystals being interposed in at least an effective pixel region between the first and second substrates, comprises an alignment layer that is formed on at least one of the first and second substrates immediately below the sealing material and aligns the liquid crystals, and a lower layer formed below the alignment layer, wherein a transparent conductive layer that is firmly adhered to the alignment layer and the lower layer is formed in a region covering at least the sealing material between the alignment layer and the lower layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Magoyuki Yokokawa, Teiichiro Nakamura