Patents by Inventor Yasunori Yoshida
Yasunori Yoshida 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: 9123284Abstract: A display device in which the image quality is improved by control of the peak luminance. A plurality of instantaneous luminances are expressed by performing signal writing to each pixel plural times within one frame period. The gray level is expressed by controlling time integration levels of the plurality of instantaneous luminances. Moreover, the time integration level is increased as the level of gray level data of the pixel is higher, and the time integration level is increased as the average value of gray level data of an image to be displayed is smaller.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Yoshida
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Patent number: 9123625Abstract: The invention provides an active matrix EL display device which can perform a clear multi-gray scale color display. In particular, the invention provides a large active matrix EL display device at low cost by a manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Power supply lines in a pixel portion are arranged in matrix by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Further, capacitance between wirings is reduced by providing a longer distance between adjacent wirings by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Yoshida, Hajime Kimura, Shinji Maekawa, Osamu Nakamura, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9035866Abstract: To provide an active matrix display device in which power consumption of a signal line driver circuit can be suppressed, so that power consumption of the entire memory can be suppressed. A plurality of memory circuits which can write data of a video signal input to a pixel in one line period and can hold the data are provided in a signal line driver circuit of a display device. Then, the data held in each memory circuit is input to a pixel of a corresponding line as a video signal. By providing two or more memory circuits in a driver circuit, pieces of data of video signals corresponding to two or more line periods can be concurrently held in the memory circuits.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratories Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Yoshida
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Patent number: 9035867Abstract: In a display device including a backlight and a display panel, the area of the backlight is divided into a plurality of unit regions; the display panel includes pixels which are larger in number than the unit regions; a frame rate of image data input to the device is converted to perform display while part of the unit regions in which black is displayed is in a non-light emission state; and the driving frequency of the backlight is converted in accordance with the display.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Yoshida
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Publication number: 20150130857Abstract: The present invention solves the motion blur of moving images in hold-type display devices. An amount of a moving image is detected from image data included in frames and an image at the intermediate state between an image of the current frame and an image of the next frame is made as an interpolation image. Thus, the movement of the image can follow the movement of human eyes and the luminance of the interpolation image is changed, and thus, display can be made close to pseudo impulse type display. In this manner, hold-type display devices without motion blur and methods of driving the hold-type display devices can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Yasunori YOSHIDA, Hajime KIMURA
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Patent number: 9012080Abstract: A needle-like structure of silicon is provided. A crystalline silicon region is formed over a metal substrate by an LPCVD method, whereby whisker-like crystalline silicon which is a polycrystalline body and grows in the <110> direction or the <211> direction with {111} the plane as a twin boundary can be obtained. Whisker-like crystalline silicon grows while forming a twin crystal (introducing stacking faults), and an initial nucleus is provided so that the normal direction <111> of the twin boundary is always included in the plane perpendicular to the growth direction of whisker-like crystalline silicon (in a transverse cross section). Such a material is used as a negative electrode active material of a lithium-ion secondary battery and for a photoelectric conversion device such as a solar battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Yoshida
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Publication number: 20150080519Abstract: A phenol resin molding material of the present invention includes a modified olefin-based polymer particle (I) and a phenol resin (II). Furthermore, it is preferable that the above-described modified olefin-based polymer particle (I) satisfy at least one of the following requirements (A), (B), and (C). (A) Inclusion of at least one element selected from a group consisting of a group 15 element, a group 16 element, and a group 17 element of the periodic table. (B) When the whole of the above-described olefin-based polymer particle (I) is set as 100 wt %, the content of the above-described elements is greater than or equal to 0.05 wt % and less than or equal to 50 wt %. (C) MFR which is measured under the conditions of 190° C. and 2.16 kgf based on JIS K 7210 is greater than or equal to 0.001 g/10 minutes and less than 3 g/10 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Takaharu Abe, Masanobu Maeda, Takahiro Yamada, Yasunori Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140361959Abstract: In a display element such as an organic EL element, deterioration progresses due to light emission, and emission luminance is lowered even if the same voltage is applied to the display element. Therefore, use over time causes variations in luminance of each pixel, thereby a so-called “image burn-in” phenomenon occurs. Given this factor, the invention provides a display device which can reduce the difference in deterioration of a display element in each pixel and suppress variations in light emission of a display element in a pixel. It is prevented that only a specific pixel has a long accumulated lighting time. For that purpose, a gray scale of a display pattern is changed to prevent the difference in deterioration of display element in pixels from increasing. Alternatively, a specific display pattern is prevented from being fixedly displayed in a specific region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hajime KIMURA, Atsushi UMEZAKI, Yasunori YOSHIDA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Takuya KIMISHIMA, Yasuyuki ARAI
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Patent number: 8907879Abstract: In a period Tin, p-th input image data (p is a positive integer) and (p+1)th input image data are input to a liquid crystal display device. In a period T, i-th original image data (i is a positive integer) and (i+1)th original image data are generated based on the input image data. J number of sub-images (J is an integer equal to or more than 3) are generated based on the i-th original image data. In the period T, the J number of sub-images are sequentially displayed. At least one of the i-th original image data and the (i+1)th original image data is in an intermediate state between the p-th input image data and the (p+1)th input image data. Each of the sub-images exhibits one of first brightness and second brightness. At least one sub-image among the J number of sub-images is different from the other sub-images.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Yoshida, Hajime Kimura
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Patent number: 8901465Abstract: A nitrogen gas tank, a rotary pump and a mechanical booster pump are connected to a bonding vessel that constitutes a bonding apparatus for carrying out diffusion bonding, the apparatus further comprising a pressure sensor. A nitrogen gas atmosphere is formed inside the bonding vessel, and under control operations of a control circuit, a nitrogen introduction rate is controlled so that a pressure is substantially fixed at a predetermined pressure between 3-105 Pa. At such a state, under the action of a rod of a hydraulic cylinder, a second electrode is brought into proximity with a first electrode, so that ultimately, a first object to be bonded and a second object to be bonded on the first electrode are pressed. Further, current is applied through the first electrode and the second electrode with respect to the first object to be bonded and the second object to be bonded.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: SMC Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Osamu Ohashi, Keiichi Minegishi, Yasunori Yoshida, Kouji Wada
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Patent number: 8878757Abstract: The present invention solves the motion blur of moving images in hold-type display devices. An amount of a moving image is detected from image data included in frames and an image at the intermediate state between an image of the current frame and an image of the next frame is made as an interpolation image. Thus, the movement of the image can follow the movement of human eyes and the luminance of the interpolation image is changed, and thus, display can be made close to pseudo impulse type display. In this manner, hold-type display devices without motion blur and methods of driving the hold-type display devices can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2007Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Yoshida, Hajime Kimura
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Publication number: 20140319491Abstract: The invention provides an active matrix EL display device which can perform a clear multi-gray scale color display. In particular, the invention provides a large active matrix EL display device at low cost by a manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Power supply lines in a pixel portion are arranged in matrix by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Further, capacitance between wirings is reduced by providing a longer distance between adjacent wirings by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Yoshida, Hajime Kimura, Shinji Maekawa, Osamu Nakamura, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8766906Abstract: To provide a hold-type display device without a problem of motion blur and a driving method thereof. The length of a period for displaying a blanking image in one frame period is controlled in accordance with a control parameter showing the degree of motion blur, and the level of a signal supplied to a display element is changed in accordance with the length of the period for displaying the blanking image. Accordingly, the hold-type display device without a problem of motion blur and the driving method thereof can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Yoshida, Hajime Kimura
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Publication number: 20140176229Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device which operates stably with few malfunctions due to noise, with low power consumption, and little variation in characteristics; a display device including the semiconductor device; and an electronic device including the display device. An output terminal is connected to a power supply line, thereby reducing variation in electric potential of the output terminal. In addition, a gate electrode potential which turns ON a transistor is maintained due to the capacitance of the transistor. Further, change in characteristics of the transistor is reduced by a signal line for reverse bias.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasunori Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140176405Abstract: To provide an active matrix display device in which power consumption of a signal line driver circuit can be suppressed, so that power consumption of the entire memory can be suppressed. A plurality of memory circuits which can write data of a video signal input to a pixel in one line period and can hold the data are provided in a signal line driver circuit of a display device. Then, the data held in each memory circuit is input to a pixel of a corresponding line as a video signal. By providing two or more memory circuits in a driver circuit, pieces of data of video signals corresponding to two or more line periods can be concurrently held in the memory circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140139568Abstract: To provide a hold-type display device without a problem of motion blur and a driving method thereof. The length of a period for displaying a blanking image in one frame period is controlled in accordance with a control parameter showing the degree of motion blur, and the level of a signal supplied to a display element is changed in accordance with the length of the period for displaying the blanking image. Accordingly, the hold-type display device without a problem of motion blur and the driving method thereof can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori YOSHIDA, Hajime KIMURA
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Patent number: 8717269Abstract: The invention provides an active matrix EL display device which can perform a clear multi-gray scale color display. In particular, the invention provides a large active matrix EL display device at low cost by a manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Power supply lines in a pixel portion are arranged in matrix by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Further, capacitance between wirings is reduced by providing a longer distance between adjacent wirings by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Yoshida, Hajime Kimura, Shinji Maekawa, Osamu Nakamura, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8698709Abstract: To solve the lack of program time, which is a problem of a display device including an EL element, and to provide a display device including a pixel circuit with a high aperture ratio and a driving method thereof. In a circuit including a driving transistor, a capacitor, a display element which can be used as a capacitor, a first power supply line and a second power supply line, potentials of the first power supply line and the second power supply line are set to be almost the same, thereby a threshold voltage of the driving transistor is held in the display element, and after that, a charge is divided into the display element and the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Yoshida
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Patent number: 8692740Abstract: In an EL display device which performs area grayscale display, image quality is improved and stabilized. A plurality of subpixels each having light emitting elements which emit light of approximately the same color and a plurality of monitor pixels each having the same number of subpixels as the pixel are provided. The light emitting element in the monitor pixel is manufactured at the same time as the light emitting element in the pixel, and the electrode of the light emitting element in the monitor pixel is connected to a different constant current source in each subpixel. A circuit for changing a potential of the electrode of the light emitting element in the pixel for each subpixel in accordance with a potential change of the electrode of the light emitting element of the monitor pixel, thereby the aforementioned purposes are achieved.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Yoshida, Hajime Kimura, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8643400Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device which operates stably with few malfunctions due to noise, with low power consumption, and little variation in characteristics; a display device including the semiconductor device; and an electronic device including the display device. An output terminal is connected to a power supply line, thereby reducing variation in electric potential of the output terminal. In addition, a gate electrode potential which turns ON a transistor is maintained due to the capacitance of the transistor. Further, change in characteristics of the transistor is reduced by a signal line for reverse bias.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunori Yoshida