Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Ueta

Yoshihiro Ueta 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: 20240114710
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a first electrode; a first charge transport layer; a silicide layer containing silicide; a light-emitting layer; and a second electrode, all of which are provided in this order. The first charge transport layer and the light-emitting layer are adjacent to each other via the silicide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20240103323
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light-emitting element including a first electrode and a second electrode overlapping each other in a plan view, and a light-emitting layer placed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode capable of forming an electrical field between the second electrode and the third electrode; and an optical adjustment element overlapping the light-emitting layer in a plan view and having light transmittance that changes in accordance with a potential difference between the second electrode and the third electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TAZUKO KITAZAWA, YOSHIHIRO UETA, EIJI SATOH
  • Publication number: 20240099041
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: an anode, a light-emitting layer, a layer capable of transporting electrons, and a cathode, all of which are provided in a stated order; and an insulator layer provided in contact with, and at least partially between, the layer capable of transporting the electrons and the cathode, the insulator layer having a relative permittivity of 2 or higher and 50 or lower. The insulator layer includes a plurality of insulator layers shaped into islands and spaced apart from one another. The insulator layers are distributed non-uniformly in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20240090250
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving a luminous efficiency of a light-emitting element including quantum dots in a light-emitting layer by improving a balance between electrons and positive holes in the quantum dot layer. A light-emitting element according to the disclosure includes an anode, a cathode, and a quantum dot layer provided between the anode and the cathode and including a plurality of quantum dots and a vacancy, the vacancy being a region between the plurality of quantum dots. The quantum dot layer includes both the plurality of quantum dots and the vacancy in the quantum dot layer in an entire region of the quantum dot layer in each of all cross sections having a normal line in a direction from the cathode toward the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20240090251
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a sulfur-atom-fixing material between the first electrode and the second electrode, the sulfur-atom-fixing material being configured to fix sulfur atoms by chemically binding to the sulfur atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20240069399
    Abstract: A display device includes: a TFT substrate including a thin film transistor; a light-emitting element including a first electrode and a second electrode overlapping each other in a plan view, and a light-emitting layer placed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode capable of forming an electrical field between the second electrode and the third electrode; an optical adjustment element overlapping the light-emitting layer in a plan view and having an optical characteristic that changes in accordance with a potential difference between the second electrode and the third electrode; and light scattering bodies included in at least one of the TFT substrate, the light-emitting element, and the optical adjustment element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: TAZUKO KITAZAWA, YOSHIHIRO UETA, EIJI SATOH, Zenken KIN
  • Publication number: 20240072101
    Abstract: An LED array includes: a substrate having a depressing-projecting structure formed on a surface of the substrate; a planarization layer formed on the depressing-projecting structure; a plurality of micro LED elements each of which is formed on the planarization layer; and a stray light attenuating groove formed between a pair of adjacent micro LED elements among the plurality of micro LED elements, and extending from toward the pair of micro LED elements to toward the depressing-projecting structure at least part way of the planarization layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Meijo University
    Inventors: YOSHIHIRO UETA, Motoaki IWAYA, Yoshinobu SUEHIRO, Yuta IMAIZUMI, Tatsunari SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240057369
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a cathode; an anode opposite the cathode; a light-emitting layer between the cathode and the anode; and an electron transport layer between the cathode and the light-emitting layer, the electron transport layer containing either a compound containing a Group IIB element, a Group IVB element, and elemental nitrogen or a compound containing the Group IVB element, a Group VIB element, and elemental boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20240057365
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, a first electrode disposed in a manner capable of generating a second electric field in the light-emitting layer in cooperation with one of the anode and the cathode, the second electric field bringing a total electric field, which is generated in the light-emitting layer and includes a first electric field generated in the light-emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, close to zero, and a first insulating film surrounding the first electrode in a cross-sectional view of the anode, the cathode, and the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: MASAYA UEDA, HIROHISA YAMADA, YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20240008299
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a quantum dot layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The quantum dot layer includes: a first quantum dot that is either an intrinsic quantum dot or an impurity quantum dot; and a second quantum dot disposed between the second electrode and the first quantum dot. The second quantum dot is either the intrinsic quantum dot or the impurity quantum dot other than the first quantum dot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20230380206
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes: a first electrode and a second electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a carrier transport layer between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode, the carrier transport layer containing a plurality of carrier transport particles and a plurality of organic ligands, the carrier transport layer having a first end potion located close to the photoelectric conversion layer in a thickness direction of the carrier transport layer and a second end potion located close to the second electrode in the thickness direction of the carrier transport layer, wherein a first minimum distance between the plurality of carrier transport particles in the first end potion and the photoelectric conversion layer is larger than a second minimum distance between the plurality of carrier transport materials particles in the second end potion and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru YAMAMOTO, YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20230380202
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a hole transport layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a first quantum dot including a first core with an emission peak in a visible light region, and a second quantum dot including a second core with an emission peak in a near-ultraviolet region or an ultraviolet region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YOSHIHIRO UETA, Keisuke KITANO
  • Publication number: 20230363192
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes the following: a cathode; an anode; and a light-emitting layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, and containing a quantum dot including a core and a shell, wherein the core contains a dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: MASAYA UEDA, Keisuke KITANO, Masaki YAMAMOTO, MAKOTO IZUMI, YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20230329078
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes forming a first layer including first quantum dots in each of a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region each being a region in which a light-emitting device is formed, making the first layer in the second region non-light-emitting, forming a second layer including second quantum dots in each of the first region and the second region, and making the second layer in the first region non-light-emitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20230292540
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes the following: a cathode; an anode; a light-emitting layer provided between the cathode and the anode; an electron transport layer provided between the cathode and the light-emitting layer; and a potential well provided between the cathode and the light-emitting layer, and being a region having a larger electron affinity than a surrounding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masataka IWASAKI, YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20230284473
    Abstract: In a light-emitting device, a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are disposed in the order recited. Moreover, a charge transport layer is disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer and/or between the second electrode and the light-emitting layer. A third electrode at least partly overlaps the light-emitting layer. Moreover, the third electrode is disposed between the charge transport layer and the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: HIROHISA YAMADA, YOSHIHIRO UETA, Masumi KUBO, Masaki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230276649
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed opposite the first electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and containing quantum dots; and a carrier transport layer disposed between the first electrode and a surface of the light-emitting layer on a second electrode side, including a plurality of protrusions extending toward the second electrode side, and containing a carrier transport material, wherein at least parts of the plurality of protrusions of the carrier transport layer and at least parts of a plurality of gaps between the plurality of protrusions are covered by the quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: HIROFUMI YOSHIKAWA, YOSHIHIRO UETA, TAKAHIRO DOE, Masaki YAMAMOTO, DAISUKE TOYOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11741894
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a light-emitting layer provided between the first electrode the second electrode and including a phosphor, a layered body including a metal layer, a first insulating layer provided on a second electrode side of the metal layer, and a second insulating layer provided on a light-emitting layer side of the metal layer, and having a thickness that allows electron injection from the second electrode to the light-emitting layer, a first power supply configured to apply a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a second power supply configured to apply, between the metal layer and the second electrode, a voltage of which polarity of the second polarity is opposite to a polarity of the second electrode of a voltage applied by the first power supply between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ueta, Hisayuki Utsumi
  • Publication number: 20230255040
    Abstract: A quantum dot includes: an inner barrier layer; a quantum well layer formed on at least a part of the inner barrier layer, wherein a presence or absence of the quantum well layer or a thickness of the quantum well layer varies from location to location on the inner barrier layer; and an outer barrier layer formed on a surface of the quantum well layer opposite to a surface adjacent to the inner barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20230247847
    Abstract: A light-emitting element, includes: an anode; a cathode facing the anode; a light-emitting layer provided between the anode and the cathode, and containing a phosphor; and at least one intermediate layer provided between the anode and the light-emitting layer, and containing at least one of oxide of a metal or hydroxide of the metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: YOSHIHIRO UETA