Patents by Inventor Tomoya Aoyama
Tomoya Aoyama 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: 11924402Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for restraining a burden on a user who observes a three-dimensional image. Therefore, a display control unit performs display control to cause a three-dimensional image to be displayed so that a first plane surface parallel to a horizontal plane in a real space is observed in an area based on a distance between a lower end and an upper end of a display surface on which a display unit displays the three-dimensional image and an angle between the horizontal plane and the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Yokoyama, Koji Aoyama, Tomoya Yano
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Publication number: 20240065077Abstract: A display device that can display a high-quality image is provided. The display device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a light-emitting layer, and a lens. The light-emitting layer is provided over the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer is provided over the light-emitting layer, and the lens is provided over the second conductive layer. The lens contains a photosensitive material. An end portion of the lens is located more outward than an end portion of the light-emitting layer and an end portion of the second conductive layer. The display device further includes an insulating layer, and the insulating layer includes a region in contact with a top surface of the lens, a region in contact with a side surface of the second conductive layer, and a region in contact with a side surface of the light-emitting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD.Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Tomoya AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20240057378Abstract: A method for fabricating a display device that easily achieves higher resolution is provided. A display device having both high display quality and high resolution is provided. A first EL film is formed over a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode; a first sacrificial film is formed to cover the first EL film; the first sacrificial film and the first EL film are etched to expose the second pixel electrode and to form a first EL layer over the first pixel electrode and a first sacrificial layer over the first EL layer; and the first sacrificial layer is removed. The first EL film and the second EL film are etched by dry etching, and the first sacrificial layer is removed by wet etching.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Yasutaka NAKAZAWA, Rai SATO, Seiji YASUMOTO, Kiyofumi OGINO, Takashi SHIRAISHI
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Publication number: 20240008342Abstract: A display device with high resolution is provided. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit light of different colors. The light-emitting element has a microcavity structure and intensifies light with a specific wavelength. The light-emitting elements that emit light of different colors each include a reflective layer and a conductive layer with a varied thickness over a lower electrode, and the lower electrode and the conductive layer are electrically connected to each other in the light-emitting element. The light-emitting elements with different colors being intensified by different optical path lengths are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Daiki NAKAMURA, Yutaka OKAZAKI
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METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Publication number: 20230420614Abstract: A high-resolution, high-definition, or large display apparatus is provided. A metal mask is placed over an EL layer and film deposition is performed with the metal mask, whereby an island-shaped counter electrode is formed. Then, the EL layer is processed using the counter electrode as a hard mask. Alternatively, after an EL layer and a counter electrode are formed over an entire surface, processing using a metal mask is performed. An insulating layer that electrically insulates adjacent pixel electrodes from each other is positioned between adjacent light-emitting devices. A resist mask is formed over the insulating layer. A plurality of EL layers and a plurality of counter electrodes overlapping each other over the insulating layer are partly removed using the resist mask, whereby part of the insulating layer is exposed. Thus, the adjacent light-emitting devices are electrically insulated from each other over the insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Tomoya AOYAMA, Daiki NAKAMURA, Kenichi OKAZAKI -
Publication number: 20230378399Abstract: A display device having high light-extraction efficiency is provided. A low-power display device is provided. In a red or green pixel included in the display device, a light-emitting element, an optically functional layer, and a wavelength-conversion layer are stacked in this order. The light-emitting element emits blue light, the optically functional layer transmits the blue light and reflects red and green light, and the wavelength-conversion layer converts the blue light into red or green light. The blue light emitted by the light-emitting element passes through the optically functional layer and enters the wavelength-conversion layer, and red or green light is emitted to the outside. The red or green light emitted from the wavelength-conversion layer to the optically functional layer side is reflected by the optically functional layer and emitted to the outside, which improves light-extraction efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI
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Publication number: 20230363233Abstract: A display device with improved viewing angle characteristics is provided. A display device with suppressed mixture of colors between adjacent pixels is provided. The display device includes a first coloring layer, a second coloring layer, and a structure body therebetween. The structure body has a portion closer to a display surface side than a bottom surface of the first coloring layer or a bottom surface of the second coloring layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Ryu KOMATSU, Daiki NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230320167Abstract: A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Akihiro CHIDA
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Publication number: 20230317894Abstract: A display device that enables a user to see a bright image is provided. In the display device, a first substrate, a light-emitting element, an insulating layer, a coloring layer, a planarization layer, a plano-convex lens, a resin layer, and a second substrate are stacked in this order from the bottom. The plano-convex lens is curved outwards in the upper direction of the display device. A convex portion of the plano-convex lens is in contact with a resin layer, and the refractive index of the resin layer is lower than the refractive index of the plano-convex lens. Light emitted by the light-emitting element is converged in the forward direction by the plano-convex lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Fumiyasu SEINO, Tetsuji ISHITANI
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Publication number: 20230269987Abstract: Display unevenness in a display panel is suppressed. A display panel with a high aperture ratio of a pixel is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, a third light-emitting layer, a first common layer, a second common layer, a common electrode, and an auxiliary wiring. The first common layer is positioned over the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The first common layer has a portion overlapping with the first light-emitting layer and a portion overlapping with the second light-emitting layer. The second common layer is positioned over the third pixel electrode. The second common layer has a portion overlapping with the third light-emitting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Shingo EGUCHI, Tomoya AOYAMA, Nozomu SUGISAWA, Junya MARUYAMA, Kazuhiko FUJITA, Masataka SATO, Susumu KAWASHIMA
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Patent number: 11723253Abstract: A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida
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Patent number: 11706966Abstract: A display device with improved viewing angle characteristics is provided. A display device with suppressed mixture of colors between adjacent pixels is provided. The display device includes a first coloring layer, a second coloring layer, and a structure body therebetween. The structure body has a portion closer to a display surface side than a bottom surface of the first coloring layer or a bottom surface of the second coloring layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Ryu Komatau, Daiki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230209944Abstract: A display device which exhibits light with high color purity is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. An embodiment is a display device which includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, a common electrode, a first protective layer, and a semi-transmissive layer. The light-emitting layer includes a first region positioned over the first pixel electrode and a second region positioned over the second pixel electrode. The common electrode is positioned over the light-emitting layer. The first protective layer is positioned over the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer is positioned over the first protective layer. Reflectivity with respect to visible light of the semi-transmissive layer is higher than reflectivity with respect to visible light of the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer does not overlap with the first region and overlaps with the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Tomoya AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20230200105Abstract: To inhibit an increase in voltage of an organic semiconductor device manufactured by a method including a step of forming an aluminum oxide film over and in contact with an organic semiconductor layer. An organic semiconductor device including a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic semiconductor layer, and a buffer layer is provided. The organic semiconductor layer is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The buffer layer is positioned between the organic semiconductor layer and the second electrode. A side surface of the organic semiconductor layer and a side surface of the buffer layer are substantially aligned.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Yasumasa YAMANE, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Tomoya AOYAMA, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Kyoko TAKEDA, Yui YOSHIYASU, Masatoshi TAKABATAKE
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Patent number: 11669181Abstract: A display device with high design flexibility is provided. The display device includes a display element, a touch sensor, and a transistor between two flexible substrates. An external electrode that supplies a signal to the display element and an external electrode that supplies a signal to the touch sensor are connected from the same surface of one of the substrates.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida, Daiki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11672152Abstract: Display unevenness in a display panel is suppressed. A display panel with a high aperture ratio of a pixel is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, a third light-emitting layer, a first common layer, a second common layer, a common electrode, and an auxiliary wiring. The first common layer is positioned over the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The first common layer has a portion overlapping with the first light-emitting layer and a portion overlapping with the second light-emitting layer. The second common layer is positioned over the third pixel electrode. The second common layer has a portion overlapping with the third light-emitting layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Shingo Eguchi, Tomoya Aoyama, Nozomu Sugisawa, Junya Maruyama, Kazuhiko Fujita, Masataka Sato, Susumu Kawashima
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Publication number: 20230116067Abstract: A high-resolution display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes first to third light-emitting devices, a color conversion layer, and first and second insulating layers. The first light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, and a common electrode. The second light-emitting device includes a second pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer, and the common electrode. The third light-emitting device includes a third pixel electrode, a third light-emitting layer, and the common electrode. The first and second light-emitting layers contain the same light-emitting material. The third light-emitting material emits shorter-wavelength light than the first and second light-emitting devices. The color conversion layer overlaps with the first light-emitting device. The color conversion layer converts a color of light emitted from the first light-emitting device into a different color.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Nozomu SUGISAWA, Tomoya AOYAMA
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Patent number: 11626544Abstract: A display device having high light-extraction efficiency is provided. A low-power display device is provided. In a red or green pixel included in the display device, a light-emitting element, an optically functional layer, and a wavelength-conversion layer are stacked in this order. The light-emitting element emits blue light, the optically functional layer transmits the blue light and reflects red and green light, and the wavelength-conversion layer converts the blue light into red or green light. The blue light emitted by the light-emitting element passes through the optically functional layer and enters the wavelength-conversion layer, and red or green light is emitted to the outside. The red or green light emitted from the wavelength-conversion layer to the optically functional layer side is reflected by the optically functional layer and emitted to the outside, which improves light-extraction efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Koji Kusunoki, Kensuke Yoshizumi
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Publication number: 20230088427Abstract: A novel functional panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a first element, a first reflective film, and an insulating film. The first element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing a light-emitting material; the layer containing a light-emitting material includes a region interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; the first electrode has a light-transmitting property; and the first electrode has a first thickness. The first electrode is interposed between a region of the first reflective film and the layer containing a light-emitting material, and the first reflective film has a second thickness. The insulating film includes a first opening portion, and the first opening portion overlaps with the first electrode. The insulating film has a first step-like cross-sectional shape, and the first step-like cross-sectional shape surrounds the first opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Fumiyasu SEINO, Tomoya AOYAMA, Takahiro ISHISONE
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Patent number: 11587981Abstract: A display device which exhibits light with high color purity is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. An embodiment is a display device which includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, a common electrode, a first protective layer, and a semi-transmissive layer. The light-emitting layer includes a first region positioned over the first pixel electrode and a second region positioned over the second pixel electrode. The common electrode is positioned over the light-emitting layer. The first protective layer is positioned over the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer is positioned over the first protective layer. Reflectivity with respect to visible light of the semi-transmissive layer is higher than reflectivity with respect to visible light of the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer does not overlap with the first region and overlaps with the second region.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Kensuke Yoshizumi, Tomoya Aoyama