Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Sugita

Yasuhiro Sugita 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: 11947749
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel device includes a first substrate, a plurality of color filters formed on a layer on an opposite side of a touch surface with respect to the first substrate, a transmitter electrode formed on a layer on an opposite side of the touch surface with respect to the plurality of color filters, a receiver electrode formed on a layer closer to the touch surface side with respect to the plurality of color filters, and a second substrate, a pixel electrode being disposed on the second substrate. The transmitter electrode includes a gap portion formed in a portion overlapping a space between adjacent ones of the plurality of color filters in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Kiyoshi Minoura, Takashi Satoh, Shunsuke Noichi, Yasuhiro Sugita, Chiaki Minari
  • Patent number: 11915032
    Abstract: A data processing device that can monitor properly the state of the interrupt processing of a virtual machine is provided. The data processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an arithmetic unit that executes multiple virtual machines, respectively, and an interrupt controller that instructs execution of the interrupt processing to the arithmetic unit with the virtual machine information to specify at least one of the multiple virtual machines. The interrupt controller includes a counter to count the number of interrupts for each virtual machine based on the virtual machine information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Publication number: 20240028168
    Abstract: A touch panel includes: a drive electrode supplied with a drive signal; a position detecting electrode detecting a position included in a touch surface and touched with a pointing object, and a pressure detecting electrode detecting pressure applied on the touch surface with the pointing object, the position detecting electrode and the pressure detecting electrode being disposed across the drive electrode from the touch surface; and a floating electrode having a floating potential. The position detecting electrode, the pressure detecting electrode, and the floating electrode are formed in a layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11868277
    Abstract: The data processing apparatus includes a memory protection setting storage unit capable of storing a plurality of address sections as memory protection setting targets, a plurality of first determination units provided for each of the address sections stored in the memory protection setting storage unit and provisionally determining whether or not an access request is permitted based on whether or not an access destination address specified by the access request corresponds to the address section acquired from the memory protection setting storage unit, and a second determination unit finally determining whether or not the access request is permitted based on the classification information and the results of provisional determinations by the first determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Patent number: 11860468
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel device includes a first substrate, a plurality of color filters formed on an upper layer with respect to the first substrate and including a green color filter, a transmitter electrode formed on an upper layer with respect to the plurality of color filters, a receiver electrode formed on a lower layer with respect to the plurality of color filters, and a second substrate including a pixel electrode disposed on the second substrate. The transmitter electrode includes a gap portion formed in a portion overlapping the receiver electrode in a plan view and in a portion overlapping the green color filter in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Kiyoshi Minoura, Takashi Satoh, Shunsuke Noichi, Yasuhiro Sugita, Chiaki Minari
  • Patent number: 11853507
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of drive electrodes, a plurality of detection electrodes, and a touch detection driver configured to supply a drive signal for self-capacitance detection to the plurality of detection electrodes and acquire a self-capacitance detection signal from the plurality of detection electrodes. The touch detection driver is configured to supply the drive signal for self-capacitance detection to at least one of the plurality of detection electrodes while the gate signal is being supplied to gate lines overlapping any one of the plurality of drive electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Patent number: 11842023
    Abstract: A touch panel include a cover member, a drive electrode, a pressure detecting electrode, and a position detecting electrode. The pressure detecting electrode and the position detecting electrode are alternately arranged in a first direction. The pressure detecting electrode includes a plurality of pressure detecting sections, arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, that each independently detect a pressure. The position detecting electrode includes a plurality of position detecting sections, arranged side by side in the second direction, that each independently detect a touched position. The area of a pressure detecting section is larger than the area of a position detecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11789564
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressing force detection electrode; and a controller configured to provide a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire a position signal value from the position detection electrode and a pressing force signal value from the pressing force detection electrode. The controller detects a position of a pointer based on the position signal value, and acquires a pressing force generated by the pointer based on a rate of change of a smoothed value of the pressing force value based on the pressing force signal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuma Yamamoto, Hiroshi Fukushima, Kazutoshi Kida, Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Publication number: 20230315233
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a capacitive touch panel and a controller that controls the touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of floating island electrodes located on a first substrate and a plurality of pressure detection electrodes and a plurality of position detection electrodes located on a second substrate. The controller provides a drive signal to the drive electrodes and corrects a pressure detection signal obtained from each of the pressure detection electrodes by using a position detection signal obtained from the position detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11693510
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressing detection electrode, and a controller configured to impart a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire signal values from each of the position detection electrode and the pressing detection electrode. The controller detects a position of an indicator on the basis of the signal values obtained from the position detection electrode and calculates a magnitude of pressing of the indicator on the basis of signal values in a pressing detection range corresponding to the detected position of the indicator among the signal values obtained from the pressing detection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20230205386
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel, a cover member overlapping the touch panel, and a controller. The controller includes a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a pointer, based on a signal value obtained from a position detection electrode, an amplification processing unit configured to perform amplification processing on at least one signal value in a pressing force detection range corresponding to the position of the pointer detected by the position detection unit among signal values obtained from a pressing force detection electrode, and a pressing force detection unit configured to calculate magnitude of a pressing force generated by the pointer, based on a signal value after the amplification processing being a signal value in the pressing force detection range including a signal value obtained by amplification by the amplification processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11681401
    Abstract: A touch panel includes: a first substrate including a first touch electrode and a contact surface that can be touched by an object to be detected; a second substrate opposite the first substrate, the second substrate including a second touch electrode; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a control unit connected to the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, wherein the control unit detects a first electrostatic capacity of the first touch electrode and a second electrostatic capacity between the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, the first electrostatic capacity being changed by the object to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Patent number: 11630542
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a transmission electrode layer that includes a transmission electrode to which a drive signal is supplied, a reception electrode layer that includes a position detection electrode and a pressing force detection electrode that form capacitance between the transmission electrode layer and themselves, in accordance with the capacitance, at least one of touching and pressing force is detected. The touch panel further includes a pressure-sensitive layer interposed between the transmission electrode layer and the reception electrode layer. The pressure-sensitive layer includes a first dielectric layer of which dielectric constant exhibits negative temperature properties in a predetermined temperature range, and a second dielectric layer of which dielectric constant exhibits positive temperature properties in the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Yamamoto, Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11620020
    Abstract: A display device includes pixel electrode groups and a touch detection driver. During a period, the touch detection driver does not supply touch detection driving signals to a transmitter electrode overlapping in plan view a pixel electrode group to which gate signals are being supplied, and supply touch detection driving signals to a transmitter electrode disposed so as to overlap in plan view a pixel electrode group to which gate signals are not being supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Publication number: 20230096398
    Abstract: A touch panel include a cover member, a drive electrode, a pressure detecting electrode, and a position detecting electrode. The pressure detecting electrode and the position detecting electrode are alternately arranged in a first direction. The pressure detecting electrode includes a plurality of pressure detecting sections, arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, that each independently detect a pressure. The position detecting electrode includes a plurality of position detecting sections, arranged side by side in the second direction, that each independently detect a touched position. The area of a pressure detecting section is larger than the area of a position detecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11614843
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The touch panel includes a drive electrode formed on a surface of the first substrate, a position sensor electrode and a pressing force sensor electrode formed on a surface of the second substrate, a position sensor wiring line that connects the position sensor electrode to a terminal portion, a pressing force sensor wiring line that connects the pressing force sensor electrode to the terminal portion, and a shield wiring line disposed between the position sensor wiring line and the pressing force sensor wiring line in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20230073370
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a transmission electrode layer that includes a transmission electrode to which a drive signal is supplied, a reception electrode layer that includes a position detection electrode and a pressing force detection electrode that form capacitance between the transmission electrode layer and themselves, in accordance with the capacitance, at least one of touching and pressing force is detected. The touch panel further includes a pressure-sensitive layer interposed between the transmission electrode layer and the reception electrode layer. The pressure-sensitive layer includes a first dielectric layer of which dielectric constant exhibits negative temperature properties in a predetermined temperature range, and a second dielectric layer of which dielectric constant exhibits positive temperature properties in the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Takuma YAMAMOTO, Takenori MARUYAMA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11561439
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes, in order from an observation surface side to a hack surface side, a thin film transistor substrate including a color filter layer, a pair of electrodes, and a metal wiring line, a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules that are horizontally aligned to the thin film transistor substrate and in which alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is changed due to an electric field generated by applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes, a counter substrate, and a backlight, in which the counter substrate includes a reflective layer disposed outside the pixel area and reflecting incident light from the backlight to the back surface side, the pair of electrodes are a first electrode having a planar shape and a second electrode provided with a and the color filter layer is disposed on the observation surface side of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawahira, Akira Hirai, Akira Sakai, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Publication number: 20220382099
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel device includes a first substrate, a plurality of color filters formed on an upper layer with respect to the first substrate and including a green color filter, a transmitter electrode formed on an upper layer with respect to the plurality of color filters, a receiver electrode formed on a lower layer with respect to the plurality of color filters, and a second substrate including a pixel electrode disposed on the second substrate. The transmitter electrode includes a gap portion formed in a portion overlapping the receiver electrode in a plan view and in a portion overlapping the green color filter in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KIDA, Kiyoshi MINOURA, Takashi SATOH, Shunsuke NOICHI, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Chiaki MINARI
  • Publication number: 20220382098
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel device includes a first substrate, a plurality of color filters formed on a layer on an opposite side of a touch surface with respect to the first substrate, a transmitter electrode formed on a layer on an opposite side of the touch surface with respect to the plurality of color filters, a receiver electrode formed on a layer closer to the touch surface side with respect to the plurality of color filters, and a second substrate, a pixel electrode being disposed on the second substrate. The transmitter electrode includes a gap portion formed in a portion overlapping a space between adjacent ones of the plurality of color filters in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KIDA, Kiyoshi MINOURA, Takashi SATOH, Shunsuke NOICHI, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Chiaki MINARI