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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 11507212
    Abstract: A display device includes a switching element that switches, based on data held by a memory circuit, between a state in which a pixel electrode and a first wiring line are connected to each other and a state in which the pixel electrode and a second wiring line are connected to each other, a power source circuit for white color that supplies a first signal having the opposite phase to a phase of a drive signal, to the first wiring line provided at a pixel in which a Tx electrode is disposed, and a power source circuit for black color that supplies, to the second wiring line, a second signal having the same phase as the phase of the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Patent number: 11507241
    Abstract: A touch panel including a sense electrode having a rectangular shape extending in a first direction and including a first sense electrode and a second sense electrode, and a drive electrode having a rectangular shape extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction on the sense electrode and including a first drive electrode having a shielding property against electric field components. The first drive electrode is positioned covering at least a part of the first sense electrode in a planar view in which the sense electrode is viewed from the drive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20220365619
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display configured to display a plurality of objects, and a touch panel overlapped with the first display in a plan view. The touch panel includes a pressing force sensor configured to detect a pressing force in each of the plurality of objects. The display device controls display of a second display in accordance with a function of an object with a pressing force detected, among the plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shugo KANO, Tomohiro KIMURA, Naru USUKURA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Takuma YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220342540
    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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20220326797
    Abstract: A display device includes a switching element that switches, based on data held by a memory circuit, between a state in which a pixel electrode and a first wiring line are connected to each other and a state in which the pixel electrode and a second wiring line are connected to each other, a power source circuit for white color that supplies a first signal having the opposite phase to a phase of a drive signal, to the first wiring line provided at a pixel in which a Tx electrode is disposed, and a power source circuit for black color that supplies, to the second wiring line, a second signal having the same phase as the phase of the drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20220283703
    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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20220236817
    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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Patent number: 11385753
    Abstract: A switching unit of a touch panel device switches between a first connection state in which, among a plurality of drive wiring lines, a first drive wiring line and a second drive wiring line adjacent to each other are connected, and a second connection state in which, among the plurality of drive wiring lines, the first drive wiring lines adjacent to each other are connected to each other and the second drive wiring lines adjacent to each other are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Kazutoshi Kida, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20220197091
    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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: YUICHI KAWAHIRA, AKIRA HIRAI, AKIRA SAKAI, KAZUTOSHI KIDA, YASUHIRO SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20220164060
    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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: TAKUMA YAMAMOTO, HIROSHI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUTOSHI KIDA, TAKENORI MARUYAMA, SHINJI YAMAGISHI, YASUHIRO SUGITA
  • Patent number: 11340724
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight, a touch detection electrode disposed to overlap a display region in which an image is displayed in a plan view, and an electrically conductive reflective member disposed closer to the backlight than a plurality of touch detection electrodes. Reflective members are disposed to overlap at least some of the plurality of touch detection electrodes in a plan view, are configured to reflect light from the backlight, and segmented from each other in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Publication number: 20220129114
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressure 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 pressure 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 pressure applied by the indicator on the basis of signal values in a pressure detection range corresponding to the detected position of the indicator among the signal values obtained from the pressure detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: SHINJI YAMAGISHI, TAKENORI MARUYAMA, KAZUTOSHI KIDA, TAKUMA YAMAMOTO, YASUHIRO SUGITA
  • Patent number: 11316246
    Abstract: There are provided an antenna device with improved antenna performance while suppressing a decrease in yield and a decrease in viewability, and a display device including the same. The antenna device includes an antenna substrate, a first antenna pattern formed on a first main surface of the antenna substrate, and a second antenna pattern formed on a second main surface opposite to the first main surface of the antenna substrate. The first antenna pattern and the second antenna pattern are formed such that positions on the front and back of the antenna substrate coincide with each other, and at least a part of the antenna substrate is transparent to transmit an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Yamagishi, Hiroshi Fukushima, Yasuhiro Sugita, Kazutoshi Kida, Takenori Maruyama, Jean Mugiraneza, Takuma Yamamoto, Yukio Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11307710
    Abstract: A position detecting device including an antenna function includes a plurality of electrodes including a plurality of shared electrodes separated by spaces, a position detection circuit configured to detect a position by energizing the plurality of electrodes and using electric fields generated between the plurality of electrodes, an antenna circuit configured to perform wireless communication by energizing the plurality of shared electrodes and using magnetic fields generated in the spaces, and a switch connected to at least the plurality of shared electrodes among the plurality of electrodes, the position detection circuit, and the antenna circuit, the switch being configured to selectively connect either the position detection circuit or the antenna circuit to the plurality of shared electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Takenori Maruyama, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Shinji Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20220114109
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20220100324
    Abstract: A touch panel including a sense electrode having a rectangular shape extending in a first direction and including a first sense electrode and a second sense electrode, and a drive electrode having a rectangular shape extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction on the sense electrode and including a first drive electrode having a shielding property against electric field components. The first drive electrode is positioned covering at least a part of the first sense electrode in a planar view in which the sense electrode is viewed from the drive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: KAZUTOSHI KIDA, YASUHIRO SUGITA, HIROSHI FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220075471
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight, a touch detection electrode disposed to overlap a display region in which an image is displayed in a plan view, and an electrically conductive reflective member disposed closer to the backlight than a plurality of touch detection electrodes. Reflective members are disposed to overlap at least some of the plurality of touch detection electrodes in a plan view, are configured to reflect light from the backlight, and segmented from each other in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: KAZUTOSHI KIDA, YASUHIRO SUGITA, HIROSHI FUKUSHIMA, KIYOSHI MINOURA
  • Publication number: 20220050555
    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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: TAKENORI MARUYAMA, KAZUTOSHI KIDA, SHINJI YAMAGISHI, TAKUMA YAMAMOTO, YASUHIRO SUGITA, HIROSHI FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220043666
    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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SUGITA