Patents by Inventor Toshinori Uehara

Toshinori Uehara 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: 9734776
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit that displays an image, an illuminating unit that irradiates light to the display unit, a plurality of electrodes that are arranged on the display unit, an applying unit that applies an electric signal to the electrodes, a detecting unit that detects electrical changes of the electrodes occurring due to the electric signal, and a control unit that controls the display unit or the illuminating unit based on temperature information of the electrodes indicated by the electrical changes. Each of the electrodes includes a plurality of extension portions, and a coupling portion that couples one ends of the extension portions. A longitudinal direction of each of the extension portions is along the other direction perpendicular to the one direction. The control unit controls the display unit or the illuminating unit based on a temperature distribution of each of the electrodes in the other direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshinori Uehara
  • Publication number: 20170213065
    Abstract: A fingerprint detection device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the first surface serving as a detection surface configured to detect unevenness of an object in contact or in proximity; a detection electrode provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to detect unevenness of a finger in contact or in proximity on the basis of an electrostatic capacitance change; and a drive circuit provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to the detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 9638918
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display surface, an infrared cut filter layer disposed at a display surface side of the display panel, and a polarization layer disposed at a position farther from the display surface than the infrared cut filter layer in such a manner that the polarization layer is in contact with the infrared cut filter layer, the polarization layer having a higher transmittance of infrared light than that of the infrared cut filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshinori Uehara
  • Patent number: 9549173
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display section; a barrier section in which a plurality of unit regions are arranged in columns in a first direction, the plurality of unit regions extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of light shields disposed at regular intervals for the display section such that a transmittance of light transmitted through a unit region is kept substantially the same regardless of a position of the unit region through which light is transmitted in the barrier section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Toshinori Uehara
  • Patent number: 9485832
    Abstract: A display panel including: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a gap region provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region to be around each of the transmissive regions. The transmissive regions are each configured to make entirely visible any one of the pixels therethrough when a viewer views the panel section not from a front but from a first or second direction via the barrier section, the pixels are each configured by a plurality of sub-pixels varying in type, and the sub-pixels in each of the pixels are arranged not in stripes but differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hideki Kaneko, Kojiro Ikeda, Daichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160299279
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a light source, a lightguide, and reflective elements. The lightguide includes a first end facing the light source, a first surface opposed to the display panel, and a second surface. The reflective elements are disposed inside the lightguide, the elements configured to reflect light passing through the first end to spread in the lightguide and to transmit the light through the first surface. Reflective elements are arranged to be apart from the first or second surface with a certain distance and has a reflective surface facing the first surface and projects toward the second surface, the reflective surface is inclined such that the light from the first end can be irradiated to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hayato Kurasawa, Masashi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 9318057
    Abstract: A display apparatus allowing a user positioned in a first direction to visually recognize a first image and allowing a user positioned in a second direction different from the first direction to visually recognize a second image includes: a display unit displaying a combined image formed by combining the first image with the second image; an irradiation unit irradiating the display unit displaying the combined image with irradiation light; a distribution unit distributing components corresponding to the first image of the irradiation light transmitted through the display unit to the first direction and distributing components corresponding to the second image of the irradiation light transmitted through the display unit to the second direction; and a cancellation unit cancelling luminance characteristics of the irradiation light distributed by the distribution unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Chihiro Tanaka, Toshinori Uehara
  • Publication number: 20160095185
    Abstract: A display panel including: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a gap region provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region to be around each of the transmissive regions. The transmissive regions are each configured to make entirely visible any one of the pixels therethrough when a viewer views the panel section not from a front but from a first or second direction via the barrier section, the pixels are each configured by a plurality of sub-pixels varying in type, and the sub-pixels in each of the pixels are arranged not in stripes but differently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hideki Kaneko, Kojiro Ikeda, Daichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9251733
    Abstract: A display panel including: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a gap region provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region to be around each of the transmissive regions. The transmissive regions are each configured to make entirely visible any one of the pixels therethrough when a viewer views the panel section not from a front but from a first or second direction via the barrier section, the pixels are each configured by a plurality of sub-pixels varying in type, and the sub-pixels in each of the pixels are arranged not in stripes but differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hideki Kaneko, Kojiro Ikeda, Daichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160012760
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device comprising: a display unit; a plurality of electrodes arranged side by side in a first direction along a display surface of the display unit; a detecting unit that detects one of an electric resistance of the electrodes, a voltage, and a current; and a specifying unit that specifies temperature distribution of the display surface based on the one of the electric resistance of the electrodes, the voltage, and the current. The electrodes are tapered in a second direction along the display surface and orthogonal to the first direction, and the electrodes include a first electrode tapered toward one side in the second direction and a second electrode tapered toward the other side opposite to the one side. The first and second electrodes are alternately arranged side by side in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Chihiro TANAKA, Toshihiko TANAKA, Toshinori UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20150378222
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; pixels each including sub-pixels corresponding to different color areas; a first electrode in each sub-pixel; and a second electrode facing the first electrode. The first electrode includes an electrode base portion extending in a first direction; and a plurality of comb tooth portions extending in a second direction from the electrode base portion. A slit pitch of a sub-pixel in one color area and a slit pitch of a sub-pixel in the other color area of at least two color areas out of different color areas are different in size, each slit pitch corresponding to a gap between the comb tooth portions adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiharu MATSUSHIMA, Keiji TAKIZAWA, Toshinori UEHARA
  • Patent number: 9188789
    Abstract: A display device for displaying a first image in a first direction and a second image in a second direction, including a display panel having pixels arrayed in a matrix, a backlight configured to emit a light to a back surface of the display panel, and a parallax barrier configured so that a light from the first pixel passes through an opening of the parallax barrier and is emitted to the first direction, and a light from the second pixel passes through the opening of the parallax barrier and is emitted to the second direction. The formula (B?A)/A?1 is satisfied wherein A represents the luminance of the first image when the first image and the second image are black images, and B represents a luminance of the first image when the first image is a black image and the second image is a white image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daichi Suzuki, Toshinori Uehara, Ai Koike
  • Publication number: 20150302791
    Abstract: A display panel including: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a gap region provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region to be around each of the transmissive regions. The transmissive regions are each configured to make entirely visible any one of the pixels therethrough when a viewer views the panel section not from a front but from a first or second direction via the barrier section, the pixels are each configured by a plurality of sub-pixels varying in type, and the sub-pixels in each of the pixels are arranged not in stripes but differently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hideki Kaneko, Kojiro Ikeda, Daichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150287371
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit that displays an image, an illuminating unit that irradiates light to the display unit, a plurality of electrodes that are arranged on the display unit, an applying unit that applies an electric signal to the electrodes, a detecting unit that detects electrical changes of the electrodes occurring due to the electric signal, and a control unit that controls the display unit or the illuminating unit based on temperature information of the electrodes indicated by the electrical changes. Each of the electrodes includes a plurality of extension portions, and a coupling portion that couples one ends of the extension portions. A longitudinal direction of each of the extension portions is along the other direction perpendicular to the one direction. The control unit controls the display unit or the illuminating unit based on a temperature distribution of each of the electrodes in the other direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: Toshinori Uehara
  • Patent number: 9122065
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a panel section including a plurality of pixels disposed in a row direction and a column direction; and a barrier section including light blocking regions and light transmitting regions alternately disposed in the row direction and the column direction, wherein each of the pixels emits light of four colors, and has two sub-pixels for each of the four colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hideki Kaneko, Kojiro Ikeda, Daichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9106904
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a gap region provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region to be around each of the transmissive regions. The transmissive regions are each configured to make entirely visible any one of the pixels therethrough when a viewer views the panel section not from a front but from a first or second direction via the barrier section, the pixels are each configured by a plurality of sub-pixels varying in type, and the sub-pixels in each of the pixels are arranged not in stripes but differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Toshinori Uehara, Hideki Kaneko, Kojiro Ikeda, Daichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9091846
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display surface, a light guiding unit disposed at a display surface side of the display panel, the light guiding unit having an incident part and an irradiation part, the incident part being parallel to the display surface and facing the display surface, the irradiation part being parallel to the display surface and configured to emit a light entered from the incident part, the irradiation part having a plurality of irradiation surfaces whose positions in a direction orthogonal to the incident part differ depending on a position on the display surface, and a mirror configured to reflect an image projected from the display panel through the light guiding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Toshinori Uehara
  • Publication number: 20140368622
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display section; a barrier section in which a plurality of unit regions are arranged in columns in a first direction, the plurality of unit regions extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of light shields disposed at regular intervals for the display section such that a transmittance of light transmitted through a unit region is kept substantially the same regardless of a position of the unit region through which light is transmitted in the barrier section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Toshinori Uehara
  • Patent number: 8908112
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel being both anti-static and resistant to corrosion, a display device provided with the display panel, and an electronic unit provided with the display device. The display panel includes a panel section including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; a barrier layer provided at an upper or lower part of the panel section, and the barrier layer including light-shielding regions and transmissive regions that are arranged systematically; and a transparent conductive layer provided at the upper part of the panel section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ikeda, Toshinori Uehara, Hideki Kaneko, Daichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140293020
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit that displays a moving image, a detection unit that detects a position of a user, a calculation unit that calculates a moving speed of the user on the basis of a frame time and an amount of transition of the position detected by the detection unit, a position estimation unit that calculates an estimated position of the user when the moving speed calculated by the calculation unit is higher than a threshold value, and that does not calculate the estimated position when the moving speed is equal to or lower than a threshold value, and an image adjustment unit that performs adjustment of an image to be displayed on the display unit on the basis of the estimated position, when the estimated position is calculated by the position estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshinori UEHARA