Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Minami

Tetsuo Minami 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).

  • Publication number: 20250143160
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a foldable substrate; a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate and each including an electro-optical device; the foldable substrate being folded at a substrate end portion at least on one side thereof around the pixel array section; a peripheral circuit section disposed on the substrate end portion and adapted to drive the pixels of the pixel array section; and a pad section provided on the substrate end portion on which the peripheral circuit section is provided and adapted to electrically connect the peripheral circuit section to the outside of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Tetsuo MINAMI, Katsuhide UCHINO
  • Patent number: 12225811
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a foldable substrate; a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate and each including an electro-optical device; the foldable substrate being folded at a substrate end portion at least on one side thereof around the pixel array section; a peripheral circuit section disposed on the substrate end portion and adapted to drive the pixels of the pixel array section; and a pad section provided on the substrate end portion on which the peripheral circuit section is provided and adapted to electrically connect the peripheral circuit section to the outside of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: JDI DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT G.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Minami, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Publication number: 20250037645
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus that can suppress degradation of image quality caused by possible color drift. A display apparatus includes a board including a driving circuit based on a current amplitude modulation scheme, multiple first light emitting elements and multiple second light emitting elements two-dimensionally arranged on the board, and a wavelength correcting layer that is able to correct wavelengths of light emitted from the multiple first light emitting elements. The driving circuit is able to independently gamma-correct a first signal fed to the first light emitting element and a second signal fed to the second light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: TOSHIHIKO WATANABE, KOICHI NAGASAWA, SHINICHIRO TAJIRI, TETSUO MINAMI, KEI KIMURA
  • Patent number: 12148384
    Abstract: Display devices are disclosed. In one example, a display device includes light emitting element groups each including light emitting element units, each of the light emitting element units including first, second and third light emitting elements. Each of the light emitting element groups includes first drive circuits that drive the first light emitting elements, second drive circuits that drive the second light emitting elements, and third drive circuits that drive the third light emitting elements, and in each of the light emitting element groups, the number of first drive circuits is equal to the number of first light emitting elements, the number of second drive circuits is less than the number of second light emitting elements, and the number of third drive circuits is less than the number of third light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Minami
  • Publication number: 20240243109
    Abstract: A light-emitting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface that are opposed to each other; a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in an array on the first surface side of the substrate; a partition wall formed above the plurality of light-emitting elements using a metal material and having an opening for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a wavelength conversion layer that is provided in the opening and converts a wavelength of light outputted from the plurality of light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko WATANABE, Hiroyuki KASHIHARA, Toshihiro MIURA, Toshiaki HASEGAWA, Toru SASAKI, Tetsuo MINAMI, Kei KIMURA, Toshio FUJINO
  • Publication number: 20240169920
    Abstract: A display unit includes sub-pixels that each have a light emitting element, a capacitor, a first transistor that writes a video signal potential to the capacitor, and a second transistor that provides a drive current to the light emitting element based on a voltage stored in the capacitor. Each first transistor has a channel width W and channel length L, such that a width to length ratio is W/L. The width to length ratio W1/L1 of one of the first transistors is different than a width-to-length ratio W2/L2 of at least one other of the first transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Tetsuo Minami
  • Publication number: 20240172514
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and an electronic device that can suppress complication of an internal structure and facilitate effective reduction in an amount of processed data in consideration of human vision in a display region. A display device includes a display unit having a display region in which a plurality of pixel columns is arranged. Each of the plurality of pixel columns has a plurality of pixels arranged in a ring shape. In the display unit, the plurality of pixel columns is concentrically arranged along a plane direction of the display region, around, as a center, a reference position in the display region. In a case where a pixel column arranged at a predetermined position in the plurality of pixel columns is defined as a reference pixel column and a pixel forming the reference pixel column is defined as a reference pixel, a pixel forming a pixel column arranged on an outer side of the reference pixel column has a similar shape obtained by enlarging a shape of the reference pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: HARUKI TSUCHIYA, KEI KIMURA, TETSUO MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20240029654
    Abstract: Display devices are disclosed. In one example, a display device includes light emitting element groups each including light emitting element units, each of the light emitting element units including first, second and third light emitting elements. Each of the light emitting element groups includes first drive circuits that drive the first light emitting elements, second drive circuits that drive the second light emitting elements, and third drive circuits that drive the third light emitting elements, and in each of the light emitting element groups, the number of first drive circuits is equal to the number of first light emitting elements, the number of second drive circuits is less than the number of second light emitting elements, and the number of third drive circuits is less than the number of third light emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Tetsuo Minami
  • Publication number: 20240029653
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array portion; a drive portion; and a power source wiring; the pixel array portion, at least a part of the drive portion configured to drive the pixel array portion and the power source wiring are forming a panel, the pixel array portion including scanning lines disposed in rows, signal lines disposed in columns, and pixels disposed in matrix in portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross each other, respectively, the drive portion including a scanner portion configured to drive the pixels in a line-sequential manner through the scanning lines, and a signal portion configured to supply a video signal to each of the signal lines in correspondence to the line-sequential drive, so that an image is displayed on the pixel array portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuo Minami, Yukihito Iida, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 11810507
    Abstract: A display unit includes sub-pixels that each have a light emitting element, a capacitor, a first transistor that writes a video signal potential to the capacitor, and a second transistor that provides a drive current to the light emitting element based on a voltage stored in the capacitor. Each first transistor has a channel width W and channel length L, such that a width to length ratio is W/L. The width to length ratio W1/L1 of one of the first transistors is different than a width-to-length ratio W2/L2 of at least one other of the first transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Minami
  • Patent number: 11776475
    Abstract: Display devices are disclosed. In one example, a display device includes light emitting element groups each including light emitting element units, each of the light emitting element units including first, second and third light emitting elements. Each of the light emitting element groups includes first drive circuits that drive the first light emitting elements, second drive circuits that drive the second light emitting elements, and third drive circuits that drive the third light emitting elements, and in each of the light emitting element groups, the number of first drive circuits is equal to the number of first light emitting elements, the number of second drive circuits is less than the number of second light emitting elements, and the number of third drive circuits is less than the number of third light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Minami
  • Patent number: 11727870
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array portion; a drive portion; and a power source wiring; the pixel array portion, at least a part of the drive portion configured to drive the pixel array portion and the power source wiring are forming a panel, the pixel array portion including scanning lines disposed in rows, signal lines disposed in columns, and pixels disposed in matrix in portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross each other, respectively, the drive portion including a scanner portion configured to drive the pixels in a line-sequential manner through the scanning lines, and a signal portion configured to supply a video signal to each of the signal lines in correspondence to the line-sequential drive, so that an image is displayed on the pixel array portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Minami, Yukihito Iida, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Publication number: 20230009509
    Abstract: Display devices are disclosed. In one example, a display device includes light emitting element groups each including light emitting element units, each of the light emitting element units including first, second and third light emitting elements. Each of the light emitting element groups includes first drive circuits that drive the first light emitting elements, second drive circuits that drive the second light emitting elements, and third drive circuits that drive the third light emitting elements, and in each of the light emitting element groups, the number of first drive circuits is equal to the number of first light emitting elements, the number of second drive circuits is less than the number of second light emitting elements, and the number of third drive circuits is less than the number of third light emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Tetsuo MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20220310014
    Abstract: A display unit includes sub-pixels that each have a light emitting element, a capacitor, a first transistor that writes a video signal potential to the capacitor, and a second transistor that provides a drive current to the light emitting element based on a voltage stored in the capacitor. Each first transistor has a channel width W and channel length L, such that a width to length ratio is W/L. The width to length ratio W1/L1 of one of the first transistors is different than a width-to-length ratio W2/L2 of at least one other of the first transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Tetsuo Minami
  • Patent number: 11335257
    Abstract: A display unit includes sub-pixels that each have a light emitting element, a capacitor, a first transistor that writes a video signal potential to the capacitor, and a second transistor that provides a drive current to the light emitting element based on a voltage stored in the capacitor. Each first transistor has a channel width Wand channel length L, such that a width to length ratio is W/L. The width to length ratio W1/L1 of one of the first transistors is different than a width-to-length ratio W2/L2 of at least one other of the first transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Minami
  • Publication number: 20220123239
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a foldable substrate; a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate and each including an electro-optical device; the foldable substrate being folded at a substrate end portion at least on one side thereof around the pixel array section; a peripheral circuit section disposed on the substrate end portion and adapted to drive the pixels of the pixel array section; and a pad section provided on the substrate end portion on which the peripheral circuit section is provided and adapted to electrically connect the peripheral circuit section to the outside of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuo MINAMI, Katsuhide UCHINO
  • Patent number: 11239436
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a foldable substrate; a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate and each including an electro-optical device; the foldable substrate being folded at a substrate end portion at least on one side thereof around the pixel array section; a peripheral circuit section disposed on the substrate end portion and adapted to drive the pixels of the pixel array section; and a pad section provided on the substrate end portion on which the peripheral circuit section is provided and adapted to electrically connect the peripheral circuit section to the outside of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Minami, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 11183117
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprising an emitting unit including at least two emitting elements, a driving unit configured to control the emitting unit, and a capacitor unit formed over the driving unit. A shield layer may be located between the two emitting elements. In one example, the capacitor unit is formed at a level higher than a level of the driving unit, and a shield layer that is located between the two emitting elements is formed at a level that is higher than the level of the driving unit and equal to or lower than the level of the capacitor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Minami, Junichi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11114029
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a pixel array part formed of first to fourth scanning lines arranged in rows, signal lines arranged in columns, pixel circuits in a matrix connected to the scanning lines and signal lines, and a plurality of power source lines which supplies first to third potentials necessary for the operations of pixel circuit; a signal part which supplies a video signal to the signal lines; and a scanner part which supplies a control signal to the first to fourth scanning lines, and in turn scans the pixel circuit for every row, wherein the pixel circuits include a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, first to third switching transistors, a pixel capacitance, and a light emitting device, and a channel length of the drive transistor is made longer than a channel length of the switching transistors to suppress fluctuations in threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yamashita, Yutaka Mitomi, Tetsuo Minami, Takao Tanikame
  • Publication number: 20210264855
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array portion; a drive portion; and a power source wiring; the pixel array portion, at least a part of the drive portion configured to drive the pixel array portion and the power source wiring are forming a panel, the pixel array portion including scanning lines disposed in rows, signal lines disposed in columns, and pixels disposed in matrix in portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross each other, respectively, the drive portion including a scanner portion configured to drive the pixels in a line-sequential manner through the scanning lines, and a signal portion configured to supply a video signal to each of the signal lines in correspondence to the line-sequential drive, so that an image is displayed on the pixel array portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuo Minami, Yukihito Iida, Katsuhide Uchino